#antiquities

• Amphoretta — A small ancient vessel, shaped like an amphora, typically featuring two symmetrical handles; a reduced-proportion ceramic container used in antiquity for storing precious essences, fine perfumes, aromatic oils, or cosmetic substances and medicinal ointments.
• Antiques — Objects of art, pieces of furniture, jewelry, or old tools that hold a high historical, aesthetic, cultural, or financial value due to their age, rarity, and craftsmanship. The term, although adopted from English, circulates as a commercial neologism within art galleries, auction houses, and specialized shops to denote authentic collectibles produced in past eras.
• Antonines — A designation attributed to the Roman emperors of the Antonine dynasty (who governed the Roman Empire in the 2nd century, representing a golden age of administrative stability); as an adjective, it describes structural elements, coins, archaeological remains, or legislative measures issued during that specific historical period. The term functions structurally as an essential historiographical connector for understanding the evolution of imperial law and architecture.
• Archaeologist — A specialist in archaeology; a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation, recording, analysis, and preservation of material structures, artifacts, and biological remains left behind by ancient civilizations. As a profession, it requires outstanding scientific rigor in documenting sites and interpreting stratigraphic contexts.
• Aryballos — A small ancient vessel, spherical or globular in shape, with a short narrow neck and a wide handle, used in Ancient Greece (especially during the Corinthian and Classical periods) to hold perfumes, aromatic oils, or those used by men and athletes during hygiene rituals at the palaestrae or baths.
• Astydamia — A name borne by several female characters in Greek mythology, the most prominent being the wife of King Acastus of Iolcus. In the legend of Peleus, Astydamia fell in love with him, and following his rejection, falsely accused him before her husband of attempting to dishonor her, triggering a series of bloody revenges that ended with her execution and the conquest of the city by Peleus.