The vineyards in the southern coastal plain would have been close by, and this was of a scale of production likely to be owned by the nobility, the wealthy, monasteries or even an imperial estate.
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Amethyst was prized in antiquity and appeared in the Temple priest’s breastplate, but the rationale behind this gorgeous jewel in this city in Israel was likely superstition