Amphorae, Koules Fortress, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Byzantine amphorae or magarica, 9th - 11th century AD, recovered from a shipwreck by the Cousteau team in 1975, in the Koules Fortress, or Castello a Mare, built 1523-40 by the Republic of Venice at the entrance of the old port, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The fort was armed with cannons by the Venetians but was taken by the Ottomans in 1669 at the Siege of Candia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13937608
Media ID
45473471
Size
8268px x 6201px
(21.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
