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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Byzantine era Greek pithos weighing 300kg discovered in Black Sea

An ancient Greek storage jar has been discovered in the Black Sea off the coast of Trabzon province in north-eastern Turkey. Fishermen found the container – also called a pithos in Greek – after it got stuck in a net, officials said. The pithos weighs ...


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