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Bathonea Excavations Reveal Olive Oil and Wine Workshop near Küçükçekmece Lake

Bathonea Excavations Reveal Olive Oil and Wine Workshop near Küçükçekmece Lake

Archaeologists working at the ancient harbor city of Bathonea, located on the shores of Lake Küçükçekmece in Istanbul’s Avcılar district, have uncovered an olive oil and wine production complex dating to the Late Antiquity. The discovery was made within the framework of the “Heritage for the Future Project” (Geleceğe Miras Projesi), jointly carried out by