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Wine press, Derinkuyu, Cappadocia, Turkey

Wine press, where grapes were trodden in the upper basin and juice ran down to lower area, at Derinkuyu, an underground city built on several levels housing 20,000 people plus livestock, originally begun by the Phrygians in the 7th century BC but greatly expanded 5th - 8th century AD in the Byzantine era, near Derinkuyu, Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey. The city held houses, oil presses, stables, storage rooms, a well, chapels and a large religious school room with barrel vaulted ceiling. The site is listed in the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Wine press, where grapes were trodden in the upper basin and juice ran down to lower area, at Derinkuyu, an underground city built on several levels housing 20,000 people plus livestock, originally begun by the Phrygians in the 7th century BC but greatly expanded 5th - 8th century AD in the Byzantine era, near Derinkuyu, Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey. The city held houses, oil presses, stables, storage rooms, a well, chapels and a large religious school room with barrel vaulted ceiling. The site is listed in the Rock Sites of Cappadocia UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen