The Eretz Israel Museum, located on the campus of Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, is a wonderful, educational museum to visit. Many of the exhibits are outside, including an archaeological tel (Tel Qasile), and others are in several different small buildings.
In the photo below we see two Roman period wine presses. (Common English versions use the spelling winepress.) The treading floors are on the left and the collecting vats are on the right.
The sign below provides needed explanation for those who have not seen a wine press from the Roman period.
One of the parables of Jesus illustrates how common such wine presses were in Biblical times.
“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. (Matthew 21:33 ESV)
See a photo of the Byzantine wine press at Avdat here. The Museum website may be visited here.
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Hi Ferrell,
Thanks for sharing all your recent Blog comments on finding in Israel. Preparing these must be keeping your really busy.
Jackie and I just celebrated 53 years of marriage on Aug. 29. We will hope to be able to come to 2014 lectures and look forward to seeing you and Elizabeth.
Brotherly, Bob and Jackie