Medieval wine press discovered in ArmeniaFebruary 2, 2018 - 17:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A medieval wine press has been unearthed during construction work near a school in the Armenian city of Yeghegnadzor, Argishti Mikayelyan, a Facebook user, said in a post on Friday, February 2. Excavations were being carried out by director of the Geological Museum of Yeghegnadzor, archaeologist Karen Azaryan. “This (the find - ed.) comes to prove that Vayots Dzor province has had a wealthy winemaking culture since ancient times which has survived and continues developings,” the user said.
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