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Gedera (Israel) (AFP) – Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Tuesday what they said was an important pottery plant that was producing wine storage pots continuously from the Roman era to the present day. 39, Byzantine era. the city of Gedera, south of Tel Aviv, revealed the factory and an adjacent leisure complex of 20 swimming pools and a room used for board games
Excavation director Alla Nagorsky told reporters on the site that the factory He produced containers of a type known by historians as "jars of Gaza" for an uninterrupted period of 600 years.
"This kind of place is not built in an instant," she said. "An engineer worked on it, the site is very designed."
A statement from the AAI added that the main function of the jars was the storage and shipping of wine, a thriving local industry to at the time, with large-scale exports.
"The continued production of these jars probably indicates that the company was a family business, which was pbaded from generation to generation," said the IAA in a statement.
He stated that the remains of about 100,000 jars found buried Two Byzantine baths, including at least one with a boiler and 20 "finely built" pools, interconnected by cbads and pipes, found next to the factory
. "Archaeologists believe that the water complex has served both the local population and the many travelers along the old main road connecting the Gaza port to the center of the country," the statement said.
km east) southwest of Gedera, on the Mediterranean coast. During its long history, Gaza was ruled by Romans, Byzantines, Crusaders, Mamelukes and Ottomans.
In Gedera, according to the IAA, the games room was "a rare and surprising discovery". used to play backgammon and "mancala", games that are still popular in the area.
According to the statement, the Gedera pottery workshops may have built the recreation center for its employees, just as high-tech companies offer recreational facilities. workers.
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