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| 1,400-year-old wine press unearthed in Nahal Soreq |
| 20/02/2010 |
| One of the largest wine presses ever revealed in an archaeological excavation in the country, which was used to produce wine in the Late Byzantine period (sixth-seventh centuries CE), was recently exposed in excavations conducted . The excavation was carried out in a region that will be the farmland of Ganei Tal.
The impressive wine press is 1,400 years old and measures 6.5x16.5 meters.
It seems to be an industrial and crafts area of a settlement from the sixth-seventh century CE, which was situated in the middle of an agricultural region.
The size of the wine press attests to the fact that the quantity of wine that was produced in it was exceptionally large, and was not meant for local consumption. Instead it was intended for export, probably to Egypt, which was a major export market at the time, or to Europe.
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