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  • The remains of enclosures suggest the presence of large estates which shared the use of the wine-presses, the ministry said.

    Ancient wine-presses found on Greek island 2007

  • Medieval News: Ancient wine-presses found on Greek island

    Ancient wine-presses found on Greek island 2007

  • Built with walls of stone over a metre three feet high and lined with plaster, the wine-presses were found clustered on a mountain near the coastal village of Limenaria, at an altitude of 500 metres.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Greek archaeologists have discovered a complex of ancient farm-houses and large wine-presses on the northern Aegean island of Thassos dating from before the Roman period until late Byzantine times, the culture ministry said on Wednesday.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Greek archaeologists have discovered a complex of ancient farm-houses and large wine-presses on the northern Aegean island of Thassos dating from before the Roman period until late Byzantine times, the culture ministry said on Wednesday.

    Ancient wine-presses found on Greek island 2007

  • The remains of enclosures suggest the presence of large estates which shared the use of the wine-presses, the ministry said.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Built with walls of stone over a metre three feet high and lined with plaster, the wine-presses were found clustered on a mountain near the coastal village of Limenaria, at an altitude of 500 metres.

    Ancient wine-presses found on Greek island 2007

  • Had the Englishmen gone farther into the granary, they would have seen that there were wine-presses stored away in the dark corners.

    He Knew He Was Right 2004

  • It was necessary to cultivate whatever suited the Republic, and to furnish what she demanded; no one had the right of possessing a weapon; when villages rebelled the inhabitants were sold; governors were esteemed like wine-presses, according to the quantity which they succeeded in extracting.

    Salammbo 2003

  • These, fenced in by hedges, are in the middle of courtyards full of straggling buildings, wine-presses, cart-sheds and distilleries scattered under thick trees, with ladders, poles, or scythes hung on to the branches.

    Madame Bovary 2003

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