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Amphorae
Inmuseums,hotels,andrestaurantsallalongtheCroatiancoast,you'llseeamphorae.
An amphora is a jug that was used to transport goods when the ancient Greeks ruled
theseas,throughaboutthesecondcentury
B.C.
Later,theRomansalsousedtheirown
amphorae. These tall and skinny ceramic jugs—many of them lost in ancient ship-
wrecks—litter the Adriatic coastline.
