Impressive farm house dated 2,800 year old Discovered near Tel Aviv, Israel

An attractive 2,800-year-old farmhouse has been unearthed during an archaeological dig near Tel Aviv, Israel.
The large, 23-room home, which covers a 100ft x 130ft area, was build in the eighth century BC, around the time of the Assyrian defeat of Israel.

The site is thought to have a wealthy history, with Greek coins found in the house suggesting that the farmhouse was taken by different empires over the course of hundreds of years.

The leftovers of the building were discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) in Rosh HaAyin, east of Tel Aviv.
Several presses were found in the vicinity, suggesting that Israelis and Greeks who lived there over the years used the farm to make their own wine to sell.
Amit Shadman, the IAA’s excavation director, told the Jerusalem Post that the building was constructed about 740BC, during the time of the Assyrian defeat.

‘Farm houses during this period served as small settlements of sorts, whose population participated in processing agricultural produce,’ he explained.
The numerous wine presses exposed in the vicinity of the settlement point out the wine industry was the most significant branch of agriculture in the region.
‘A large silo, which was used to store grain, shows that the ancient populace was also engaged in growing cereal,’ Mr Shadman added.

The archaeologist said that the building sustained to be used during the Persian period, also known as the Time of the Return to Zion, in the sixth century BC.
It was also used by the Greeks when Alexander the Great came to Israel in the fourth century BC.

The exceptional, silver Greek coins establish on one of the floors of the building bear Alexander’s name. On one side of the coin is an image of Greek idol of the gods Zeus, with Heracles appearing on the other side.
‘With Alexander’s success over the Persian army in 333BC, he embarked upon several successful military campaigns,’ Mr Shadman said.

‘His campaign in Israel did not meet any special difficulties and the country opened its gates to the great warrior.
‘In light of this inspiring building’s excellent state of preservation, the Israel Antiquities Authority and Ministry of Construction decided to preserve the structure in situ for the benefit of the city’s residents and the visiting public.’