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A Gigantic Byzantine-Era Winepress Found in Israel
Producing millions of liters of light, white wine.
In the Israeli city of Yavne—famous as a center of Jewish scholarship and religious leadership in the century following the destruction of Second Temple—archaeologists have discovered two ancient wine presses. The earlier one, the Times of Israel reports, dates to the 4th century BCE. The later one was in use during the 4th or 5th century CE, and is the largest Byzantine-era winemaking center ever excavated. Along with earthenware jars for storing wine, the Israel Antiquities Authority also found clay oil lamps and children’s dolls. The site likely produced some 2 million liters of light, white wine every year, mostly for export, as Jon Seligman explains. (Video, two minutes.)
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A Gigantic Byzantine-Era Winepress Found in Israel
Producing millions of liters of light, white wine.