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Wine press dating back 2,700 years discovered in northern Iraq
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| November 1, 2021
| Kawa Omar
Posted on 11/07/2021 9:19:26 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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Additional reporting and writing by Nadeen Ebrahim.
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:19:26 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Weird that the drunken Assyrian Empire fell in that period. ;^) In fact, they fell all the time, and their servants had to carry them home.
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:21:31 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
I suppose the experts know what they’re talking about. But to me, it just looks like a few holes in the ground that might have been made 20 years ago.
To: SunkenCiv
"The imperial Assyrian court asked for more and more wine."Our betters never change, do they?
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:24:54 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
To: SunkenCiv
This is the biggest find since a man working on the land where Woodstock was held found an old Boone’s Farm booze bottle left behind August 19, 1969 in Bethel, New York.
Also historic.
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:26:24 AM PST
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: SunkenCiv
The upper, square-shaped basins were used by people to press grapes underfoot, extracting the juice which ran off into the lower circular basins.Doesn't look like a very good factory site, but I guess using impervious rocks and the built-in slope on the hill was practical.
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:27:59 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:29:04 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The Assyrian kings of that era had a favorite phrase for their commemorative self-aggrandizing battle scenes — “I burned with fire”. ;^) Now, imagine the same kings a little hungover and thirsty. Heh... “just build it here, no, I don’t care how screwy the site is. It’ll be both our asses otherwise!”
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:36:38 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
I can imagine the man taking the first sip:
“Not bad. I’m thinking there could be a market for this stuff.”
Civilization came with distillation.
To: Angelino97
That’s why we listen to them, not you.
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:37:12 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: frank ballenger
“Give me an F! Give me an R! Give me an A!” Heh... “This Woodstock reunion is great! Joe, you remember when we were here last time?” “No.”
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:38:23 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: M Kehoe
They’ve uncorked a controversy with this find...
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:39:08 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: frank ballenger
Boone’s Farm brings back memories lol. They say it was aged on the truck.
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:39:28 AM PST
by
rdl6989
( )
To: Not_Who_U_Think
With agriculture came distillation and civilization. :^)
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:39:40 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Angelino97; SunkenCiv
...it just looks like a few holes in the ground... Those are clearly 'wine-shaped' holes.
To: GaltAdonis
Well, wine’s a liquid, so, technically, ALL holes are wine-shaped...
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posted on
11/07/2021 9:47:59 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
"Yes, Boss! Whatever you say, boss!"
Probably some of the first words spoken by man. Followed by...
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posted on
11/07/2021 10:08:37 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/07/2021 10:11:06 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/07/2021 10:12:47 AM PST
by
SecondAmendment
(This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
To: SunkenCiv
Wow, I thought our family press from 1920 was old.
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posted on
11/07/2021 10:14:30 AM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(“There are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.” Thomas A. Edison )
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