Archaeological sites in Israel have revealed unusual items, including a 5,000-year-old wine press and a 3,300-year-old vessel.
The opening of archeology linked to the Highway Development project in the north of Israel, east of the city of Megiddo of Megiddo, sheds light on the history of the Bronze Age and Canaan – the communities that lived in the Levant starting around 3,000 BCE. The discovery provides insight into early wine production and potential Home culture.
“Megiddo has been excavated for over a century,” the investigators explained in a statement from the Israel Antiquities Authority. “While it has long been recognized as an important site for the study of urbanism, the excavations in the east, the excavations in the east of the tel revealed a new part of the matrix between the known evidence in the city and the work that took place in the area.” Tel is a mound that represents the site of an ancient city.
A unique wine press
The researchers discovered a small wine-making machine carved directly into the rock from the early bronze age (3300 to 3100 BCE). According to the excavation directors Amir Golani and Barak Tzin, the discovery is unique because there are very few machines that date back to the first visit to the village. “This discovery is the first time that this deposit has been safely preserved since the first dust period about 5,000 years ago, making it the first and most direct evidence of wine production in our region.
Archaeologists found many residential buildings in its vicinity, suggesting that followers were important to the ancient community and that Megiddo spread far beyond the established limits of the TET.
The group also found art dating as late as the Bronze Age II (1400 to 1200 BCE) and they were buried as a ceramic model of the temple, including Cerprus jars, and jugs used for demand (pouring drinks as offerings to the gods). “This is what the original temples of our late bronze age might have looked like,” Golani said of the temple model.
A special set of sets
The vessel setup consists of a container in the form of a RAM and several smaller containers. Given that researchers often find unique fragments of such vessels, the set is remarkable. It was buried inactive and in a way that suggests its former function. According to the statement, it represents the entire region’s influence on how the Canaanites used these ships in their fields. The researchers explained that it is possible that the Canaanites used a small container with a handle to pour the liquid on another small trace formed by the Bowl attached to the body of the ram during the ceremony.
“The ram’s head was shaped like a stopper. “The vessel appears to have poured an important liquid such as milk, oil, wine or other beverage, which may have been drunk directly from the spout, or poured into a small vessel for use, or as an acceptable gift.”
According to the investigators, the fact that the vessels were buried in direct view of the Tel Megiddo Age of Tel Megiddo Age II is a large area of the Temple of the Temple that may suggest the presence of the Canaanites outside the gate of the great city. There would be local farmers who could not enter the city and its temple. Some of the offerings were buried next to a large rock, which may have been used as an open altar outside of Megiddo.
The discovery sheds light on the region’s far-future history, some say, even more obscure than ancient times.
