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Jan. 12, 2017
What's New is Old Again: The Deep Roots of Today's Olive Oil Trends
What might seem like current trends in the olive oil business aren't so novel at all -- just the latest continuations of stories that began long ago.
Dec. 23, 2016
Giving New Life to Ancient Olive Trees in Spain
Amador Peset, a young man from the village of Traiguera, started recovering millenary olive trees after losing his job as a carpenter during the financial crisis in Spain. “At first, people saw me as if I were crazy," he said.
Sep. 12, 2016
Ancient Mill Discovered on Lesvos
The mill, discovered during the construction of a local road, was in use from the 2nd to the 6th centuries AD.
Mar. 10, 2015 World
Jan. 22, 2015 World
Jan. 15, 2015 Health
Researchers Trace Mediterranean Diet's Origin to Ancient Greek Medicine
Jan. 1, 2015 Production
Dec. 29, 2014 World
Pottery Find Proves Olive Oil Used in Israel 8,000 Years Ago
Dec. 15, 2014
Submerged Village Might Be Home to the First Olive Mills
Archaeologists are excavating a 7,500-year-old underwater village that may have been the oldest olive oil production center in the world.
Nov. 24, 2014
'L'Ulivone,' Sabina's Tree of the Ages
In a small town near Rome lives an awe-inspiring two-thousand-year-old olive tree.
Sep. 25, 2013
In ancient times, the sale of olive oil in amphorae was an activity undertaken by various types of tradesmen.
Feb. 19, 2013
Testaccio and Olive Oil Labelling
A look at an ecological dump and what it represents, with a view to understanding the true size of olive oil production in Ancient Rome.
Feb. 13, 2013
Origins of Domesticated Olive Tree Revealed
A new study pinpoints the transition from the wild olive trees to their cultivated descendants in time and space.
Jan. 27, 2013
Olive Oil History: Packaging, Transportation and Sale
The main hub of oil production in ancient Baetica was centered in the Valle Medio del Guadalquivir where potter centres made the large and heavy oil amphorae to transport oil.
Jan. 17, 2013
Plato’s Sacred Olive Tree Vanished
Another seeming victim of the great financial crisis in Greece: an olive tree that once shaded Plato and his students.
Jan. 2, 2013
Roman 'Olive Villas' Unearthed in Antequera
The recent discovery of Roman villas in Antequera, Spain confirmed the region's significance in terms of olive oil production.
Dec. 4, 2012
A rental agreement etched in a stone tablet from the third century BC says that the tenant must plant an olive tree every year.
Nov. 12, 2012
Carol Drinkwater: Following 'The Olive Oil Route' with Passion
The British actress has written several books on her adventures and is filming her quest to discover the route of the olive tree.
Oct. 30, 2012
Gethsemane Olive Trees Among World's Oldest
A three-year study on the trees in Jerusalem's famous garden, has shown that their trunks and branches are around 900 years old.
Oct. 22, 2012
A Comprehensive Resource for the Olive Oil Sector
A new reference book by Juan Vilar Hernandez has been called one of the most comprehensive so far on the olive oil sector.
Aug. 27, 2012
1,300 Year-Old Olive Oil Factory Excavated in Israel
In a Tel Aviv suburb Archaeologists have unearthed a rare olive press estimated to be about 1,300 years old.
Jul. 17, 2012
Did Someone Give You the Evil Eye? There's One Way to Find Out
You got a strange look just before everything started to go wrong. Better grab your olive oil and know for sure.
Jun. 10, 2012
The olive tree is perhaps the perfect tree - hardy, beautiful and useful. It is due to these traits that some of the world’s oldest living things are olive trees, with specimens today still thriving after millennia.