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Magical, medicinal, spiritual, this is liquid gold. The olive is much more than a food. The inhabitants of the Mediterranean region have always considered it to be not just a unique product, but since Antiquity, the olive fruit, its oil and the olive tree symbolized wealth, blessings, peace, glory, purification and honor.
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The olive tree, a native of Asia Minor, spread from Iran to Syria and Palestine to the rest of the Mediterranean. Olive production is among the earliest agricultural practices known ... In 3000 BC, olives were the agricultural mainstay of the Kingdom of Minos (and perhaps one of the reasons of its wealth). The Phoenicians for their part brought the olive to Africa and Southern Europe. Olives were then brought to Greece and Rome.
Over time, the olive and its oil became an integral part of culture and tradition… |
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The olive tree, considered immortal because of its hardy resistance to storms and to the passage of time, has undoubtedly comforted people with the notion that the olive oil it produces is a source of strength and youth offered to all those who consume it. In Egypt, Greece and Rome, olive oil mixed with flowers and aromatic herbs were used to make perfumes, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics. |
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Consumer Info History of Olive Oil
Consumer Info History of Olive Oil
