In the fifth century CE, a local Byzantine monastery made a living from producing wine there, and the remains of three winepresses have also been discovered at the site. Anyone curious to see what ...

New evidence for Iron Age II and Persian-Period wine production in southern Samaria, including many winepresses and bell-shaped winery pits, has recently come to light, expanding our knowledge and ...

Texts from the fourth to seventh centuries A.D. describe vineyards there, and several large Byzantine winepresses have been discovered. Now, an archaeobotanical study led by Fuks provides clear ...

Grain was probably planted in the valley bottoms, while scores of winepresses suggest that fruits [mainly grapes] were grown on the hillsides. Hundreds of tombs were grouped in cemeteries on the ...