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# Wine press dating back 2,700 years discovered in northern Iraq
- URL: https://www.assyriapost.com/wine-press-dating-back-2-700-years-discovered-in-northern-iraq/
- Published: 2026-03-17T21:33:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-17T21:33:59.000Z
- Description: Archeologists discovered what is believed to be the oldest industrial wine press at the Khanis site in Assyria.
- Author: The Assyria Post
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"Archaeologists have excavated the first, and what they believe is the oldest, industrial wine press in northern Mesopotamia dating back more than 2,700 years and coinciding with a sharp rise in wine demand among the ruling imperial elites of Assyria.One of the world's earliest empires, Assyria was located in the northern part of Mesopotamia - most of modern-day Iraq, as well as parts of Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey."

Read the full story [here](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/wine-press-dating-back-2700-years-discovered-northern-iraq-2021-11-01/?ref=assyriapost.com).