Yesterday I visited the museum in Chora for the first time.
Fortunately I had Elena and Marianna to translate
while the guide led us around between the displays.
Archeological finds date from 3200-2000 BC.
This is an ancient measuring device for olive oil or wine.
The holes in the front would be plugged while a quantity of liquid
was poured into the requested shallow cup...1 kilo, 1/2 kilo, 1/4 kilo.
The plugs would then be removed and the liquid would flow into a personal container.
This burial urn was discovered when a donkey
stepped on the buried urn, creating the hole in the side.
In 1956 there was an earthquake and tsunami
that damaged many homes on Amorgos.
At 7.7...it was the largest in Greece during the 20th century
with an aftershock of 7.2.
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