Ancient Treasures of Olive Oil, Italy’s Liquid Gold
People in the eastern Mediterranean have been grinding olives for oil for the last 6,000-8,000 years. and wild olives, which originated in Asia Minor, were collected by Neolithic people as early as the 8th millennium B.C. The oldest testament of olive cultivation was found in Palestine (Bronze Age, 3500 B.C.): a couple of olive pits and charred olive wood…