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1,500-year-old Christian wine factory unearthed in Israel

Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old wine-pressing complex, which exceeds 100 square metres in area, in Israel among the ruins of an ancient Byzantine settlement. At the site near Hamei Yo’av, researchers found a ceramic lantern fashioned in the shape of a miniature  church and carved with crosses, suggesting the ancient wine factory was owned by a Christian.   The wine-making complex had compartments where the grapes were likely left to […]