Making HistoryThe Amphora
18 min
Available until 11/05/2025
20/11/2021
While the shipping container is instantly recognisable in today's era of globalisation, its ancestor in Greco-Roman Antiquity looked very different: it was the amphora. Patrick Boucheron and the historian Sarah Rey reveal the secrets and meanings behind this "simple" terracotta object.
Director
Jean-Dominique Ferrucci
Country
France
Year
2020