The world's largest wine factory from the Byzantine period has been uncovered by archaeologists in the Israeli town of Yavne, after a two-year excavation process.
The 1,500-year-old complex was used to produce wine in huge commercial quantities, with the directors of the excavation calculating that around two million liters were marketed every year.
"What's really exciting is the scale. It's the sheer scale of the production over here," archaeologist and excavation co-director Jon Seligman told CNN Tuesday. He added that the"complexity of the architecture and of the industrial process" had come as a surprise. From Gaza and Ashkelon, the wine would be distributed throughout the Mediterranean basin as a commercial product, they said. Seligman added that various ancient sources said it was a"light white wine.""It was a prestige product, which was liked by many [members] of the aristocracy during the period," Seligman said."For example, we know that it was preserved during the coronation of Justin II in 566 at his table during the coronation feast...
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