In the Israeli town of Yavne, employees of the Israel Antiquities Authority during archaeological excavations have uncovered an approximately 1,500-year-old wine complex. Archaeologists claim that this is the largest Byzantine-era cellar in the world.
The winery was built according to the advanced technologies of the time and includes 5 presses with an area of 225 square meters each, warehouses for aging and marketing of wine, clay amphora ovens, in which the wine was kept, tens of thousands of fragments and whole clay amphorae & ndash; jugs. Its capacity has made it possible to produce around 2 million liters of wine per year.
The authorities of the city of Yavne will create an archaeological park on the site of the old cellar, which will be open to tourists.
In Yavne, archaeologists discovered a wine complex with an area of almost 7 thousand square meters © www.globallookpress.com
The complex consisted of pools where workers kicked the grapes, fermentation compartments and octagonal pits in which the finished wine was stored © www.globallookpress.com
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Liat Nadav-Ziv, l & # 39 ; one of the leaders of the excavation © Reuters
Excavations have also found older presses built over 2300 years ago. © Reuters
Yavne produced alcohol known as “Gaza and Ashkelon wine” © www.globallookpress.com
The drink takes its name from the ports from where it was sent to the territory from modern Egypt, Turkey, Italy and Greece © Reuters
Jugs found during excavations © Reuters
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Pitchers containing up to 25 liters of wine © www.globallookpress.com
It is expected that after the completion of the excavations the cellar will be turned into a tourist attraction © www.globallookpress.com
In Yavne, archaeologists discovered a wine complex with an area of almost 7 thousand square meters © www.globallookpress.com
The complex consisted of swimming pools where workers kicked grapes, compartments of fermentation and octagonal pits in which the finished wine was stored © www.globallookpress.com
© Reuters
Excavations have also found older presses built over 2,300 years ago. © Reuters
Yavne produced alcohol known as “Gaza and Ashkelon wine” © www.globallookpress.com
The drink takes its name from the ports from where it was sent to the territory of modern Egypt, Turkey, Italy and Greece © Reuters
Jugs found during excavations © Reuters
© Reuters
Pitchers containing up to 25 liters of wine © www.globallookpress.com
It is expected that after the completion of the excavations, the cellar will be transformed into an attra tourist ction © www.globallookpress.com