Monday, June 9, 2014

Wine in the Bible and Modern Israeli Wineries – News from Jerusalem


One of the first physical signs of a civilization is wine. Evidence of wine means several things to an archaeologist or anthropologist. For one, it means that the place they are excavating had people stay long enough to make pottery in which to store liquids. It also means that they planted some type crop instead of continuing to be wandering hunters and gatherers. And one of the crops they planted or cultivated from an existing growth were grapes which they fermented. After that they made wine and learned how to enjoy leisure time with it
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