Olive oil was one of the most used items in ancient Mediterranean. It was used as fuel for cooking, lighting and heating, as well as personal hygiene, craft, and for meals.
This articles goes into experimental archaeology to see if surviving iconography and art that looks like a documentation of the process of making olive oil can actually produce real results!
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