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Archaeologists discover 'industrial scale' wine production at ancient site
Foxnews.com ^ | September 19, 2014

Posted on 09/21/2014 5:03:38 AM PDT by RouxStir

Edited on 09/21/2014 5:44:40 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

"Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a massive compound dating back to the Byzantine era, which was used for

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: archaeology; byzantineempire; dietandcuisine; emperorjustinian; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; islam; israel; justinian; letshavejerusalem; oenology; ramatbeitshemesh; ramatbetshemesh; religion; romanempire; wine; yersiniapestis; zymurgy
The most important thing to learn from this article is in the last sentence.
1 posted on 09/21/2014 5:03:38 AM PDT by RouxStir
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To: RouxStir

Just read it. Wow. The muslims (lower case m on purpose) have been effing up this planet for far too long.


2 posted on 09/21/2014 5:07:38 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: RouxStir
An early example of the Muzzies’ centuries of stupidity.
3 posted on 09/21/2014 5:08:53 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG?


4 posted on 09/21/2014 5:08:54 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ..
Thanks left that other site.

5 posted on 09/21/2014 5:38:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: RouxStir

Churchill described it accurately, “a retrograde force.”


6 posted on 09/21/2014 5:43:15 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: SunkenCiv

(Griffin Aerial Photography Company, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.)
7 posted on 09/21/2014 6:00:20 AM PDT by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
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To: SunkenCiv

Crazy dangerous for 1400 years!




8 posted on 09/21/2014 7:58:13 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)
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The most important thing to learn from this article is in the last sentence.

This sentence?

Archaeologists believe that at some point around the start of the Islamic Period in the seventh century, the compound ceased to function and was occupied by new residents.

9 posted on 09/21/2014 7:58:42 AM PDT by null and void (Only God Himself watches you more closely than the US government.)
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They think this was a monastery but there’s no church? That doesn’t seem to compute.


10 posted on 09/25/2014 4:43:47 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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