12th January, 2016 by Rupert Millar
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A 3,700-year-old wine cellar found in a Canaanite palace is to be incorporated into a new high-rise in the Israeli city of Nahariya.
Photo credit: Guy Fitoussi
The ‘cellar’ in the Bronze Age palace was uncovered in 2013 and held 40 ceramic jars each capable of holding 13 gallons of wine – probably reserved for banquets.
The excavation has been a long one and archaeologists can now say that the palace, located extremely close to the coast, served as an “administrative centre” at the heart of a thriving Mediterranean trade network.
As well as the wine jars, ceramic figurines of people and animals, bronze weapons and foreign pottery have been discovered at the site. The palace was destroyed by fire at least….
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