The raised platform where the wine presses were located. A basin is visible in the foreground.Inrap (probably)
1 posted on
12/21/2023 8:39:18 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
How do these things get buried?......................
3 posted on
12/21/2023 8:41:16 AM PST by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: SunkenCiv
So are they going to raze it and put up the parking lot? (it was fund during a parking lot excavation)
4 posted on
12/21/2023 8:46:46 AM PST by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: SunkenCiv
Just think, in 2000 years,archaeologists (assuming there are any) will unearth Napa.
5 posted on
12/21/2023 8:58:45 AM PST by
fretzer
To: SunkenCiv
This is really cool. Love it. Would love to go back in time and get a glass, would it be Venetian or is this stuff for the regulars sold in clay cups?
7 posted on
12/21/2023 9:02:22 AM PST by
Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
The really old stuff was labled with vintages ‘xxxx B.C.’
To: SunkenCiv
The Roman empire conquered modern-day France, then known as Gaul, in 53 B.C., according to Britannica. The region remained under primarily Roman rule until the early sixth century. Wouldn't that have made these "Conquered Grapes"?
13 posted on
12/21/2023 9:23:52 AM PST by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: SunkenCiv
A roman walks into a bar
Roman: I’ll have the usual
Bartender: Martini, coming up!
Roman: Hey, if I wanted a double, I would have asked for it.
16 posted on
12/21/2023 10:25:16 AM PST by
PGR88
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