Originally, the cave served as an underground olive press for oil production. The excavations are part of a project initiated by the Jewish National Fund to develop the site for visitors.

Archaeological remains suggest that Christian and Jewish communities inhabited the region side by side in the Byzantine period (4th-6th centuries CE). An impressive olive press from the Early ...

"There is no doubt that the synagogue discovered at Khorvat Anin served as the religious center for the Jewish population living there." The olive oil press, built in a cave in the depths of the ...