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Byzantine-period winepress from Shivta (Sobota), Israel, with treading floor and collection vats 16th-century winepress. A winepress is a device used to extract juice from crushed grapes during winemaking. There are a number of different styles of presses that are used by wine makers but their overall functionality is the same.
Ancient Egyptian pressing basin, in which grapes were probably trodden by human feet in the Marea region around present-day Lake Mariout. The exact origins of winemaking (and, thus, of pressing grapes) are not known, but most archaeologists believe that it originated somewhere in the Transcaucasia between the Black and Caspian Seas in the land that now includes the modern countries of Russia ...
British explorers Conder and Kitchener mentioned the vineyard towers as a remnant of ancient Jewish architecture. They described them as "solid and rude buildings" that can be found close to ancient tombs and rock-cut wine presses. [4]
A massive and ancient wine factory capable of making around half-a-million gallons of wine a year has been uncovered in Israel.
Ruins of an ancient Israeli wine press dating to the Talmudic period (100–400 CE). Viticulture has existed in the land of Israel since biblical times. In the book of Deuteronomy, the fruit of the vine was listed as one of the seven blessed species of fruit found in the land of Israel(Deut. 8:8). [3]
Wine and olive presses from the Roman and Byzantine periods were discovered on the west slope of the tell. [18] The ancient synagogue of Ma'on is dated to the Byzantune period (see below). [18] The absence of material traces from the late 7th-early 8th century are an indication of the abandonement of the village at that time. [18]
Avdat was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in June 2005, but on 4 October 2009 the site suffered extensive damage when hundreds of artifacts were smashed and paint smeared on walls and an ancient wine press. [2] Two Bedouin men were later indicted for causing NIS 8.7 million worth ($2.3 million) of damage to the site.
In a press release, archaeologist Dr. Shai Bar noted that the discovery was very meaningful to his excavation team amid the Israel-Hamas war. The ancient coins were discovered during Hanukkah.