Watch: 2,700-year-old wine press, carved directly into a mountain, discovered in Iraq

Name: Watch: 2,700-year-old wine press, carved directly into a mountain, discovered in Iraq
Uploaded: 2021-11-02T15:30:00.107506+05:30
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Description: The wine press is the oldest and one of the largest in what was north Mesopotamia in the ancient world, Reuters reported.

The wine press is the oldest and one of the largest in what was north Mesopotamia in the ancient world, Reuters reported.

Scroll Staff

Nov 02, 2021 · 03:30 pm

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The site where the 2,700-year-old wine press has been discovered in Iraq, is composed of 14 basins, shaped in squares and circles, and carved into the stone of the mountain itself, located in what was once north Mesopotamia pic.twitter.com/oSfwa7DIqp
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