Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Excavation Director, IRENA ZILBERBOD, details the layout of newly discovered Byzantine monastery. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Crude unpainted mosaic tiles at excavation site of a Byzantine monastery. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Excavation Director, IRENA ZILBERBOD, stands near an impressive mosaic uncovered at a Byzantine monastery excavation site. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Excavation Director, IRENA ZILBERBOD (R), details the layout of newly discovered Byzantine monastery. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Excavation Director, IRENA ZILBERBOD, stands at the gate of a newly discovered Byzantine monastery. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Crude unpainted mosaic tiles at excavation site of a Byzantine monastery. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

An impressive mosaic uncovered at a Byzantine monastery excavation site. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Mosaic tiled floor of a wine press collection pit at a Byzantine monastery excavation site. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

The opening of a collection pit at an oil press of a newly discovered Byzantine monastery. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Excavation Director, IRENA ZILBERBOD (L), instructs workers at a newly discovered Byzantine monastery excavation site. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Mosaic tiled floor of a wine press collection pit at a Byzantine monastery excavation site. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Workers remove debris at an excavation site of a Byzantine monastery. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.

Byzantine Monastery Uncovered Near Bet-Shemesh, Israel

Excavation Director, IRENA ZILBERBOD, sits on the edge of a collection pit at a stone wine press at a Byzantine monastery excavation site. Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have uncovered a large, prosperous, Byzantine period compound, believed to be a monastery, with an oil press and wine press suggesting industrial scale agriculture, mosaics, underground cisterns and living quarters surrounded by an outer wall near Ramat Bet Shemesh.