Stunningly beautiful amethyst rings inside the world's largest Byzantine winery

Archaeologists have discovered a gold ring with an amethyst at the world's largest ancient winery in Israel.

In the ancient world, since the time of the Greeks, people believed and used amethyst widely. One of the ancient uses of amethyst was to prevent the harmful effects of alcohol.

The owner of the ring may be a very wealthy person, often tasting or drinking a lot of alcohol.

Stunningly beautiful amethyst rings inside the world's largest Byzantine winery.

An antique gold ring with a beautiful large amethyst was found during an excavation led by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the city of Yavne, central Israel.

This is the site of the world's largest winery from the Byzantine era, measuring nearly 7,000 square meters, producing 2 million liters of wine per year in its infancy.

The purple stone in the glossy center position belonged to a wealthy man of high status who lived around the 7th century AD. Experts suspect that the last wearer before the crash was a wine taster in the factory. In the ancient world it was believed that the purple stone helps the owner to avoid the harmful effects of alcohol.

Amethyst is a crystalline quartz that ranges in color from pale lilac to deep red purple, and is one of the 12 jewels that adorn the breastplates of the high priests.

Dr Amir Golani, an antique jewelry expert at the Israel Antiquities Authority, said: "The ring belonged to a wealthy person and wearing a gold ring with amethyst shows their high status, wealth. Both men and women can wear this amethyst gold ring."

The regulator is determining the exact date of the ring. It is known that archaeologists discovered the ring in layers of rock dating from the late Byzantine period to the early Islamic period, around the 7th century AD. The ring is estimated to be about 1,400 years old.

Largest Byzantine winery in the world.

Such a ring could be an object passed down from generation to generation for centuries, the expert said.

Amir Golani said: "In fact, the gold ring with amethyst was very popular in the Roman world, the ring of the rich man who lived in Yavneh in the early 3rd century AD, could be a family heirloom. from generation to generation".

The Byzantine Empire existed between 330 and 1453, becoming one of the great mighty civilizations in the world.

Archaeologists spent two years excavating the vast site at the largest winery in the world at the time. They found five large wine presses, storage for aging, even furnaces, and clay vessels used to store wine. The factory produced Gaza wines and Ashkelon, a famous brand of the ancient world.