Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a Byzantine-period industrial-agricultural area, including several artifacts, thought to be 1,500 years old—far older than previously assumed. The dig, conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority, commenced on the outskirts of Tel Aviv ahead of a new neighborhood development planned in Ramat Ha-Sharon. Among other finds, the researchers unearthed plastered installations, a wine press paved with a mosaic, a rare gold coin from the seventh century, and a bronze chain once thought to have held up a chandelier. The excavation also exposed the foundations of a large structure which may have been used as a warehouse or farmstead. People once worked at the site—but also lived there, researchers believe, as the remains of houses and two large baking ovens were also found. “Inside the buildings and installations, we found many fragments of storage jars and cooking pots that were evidently used by laborers working in the …