Chemical analysis conducted on ancient pottery proves olive oil existed in Italy 700 years sooner than what's previously been recorded. Credit: Polo Regionale di Siracusa per i siti e musei archeologici Museo Paolo Orsi
Posted on 06/20/2018 11:40:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
An egg-shaped ceramic jar covered with ceramic "rope" once held a prize delicacy: the oldest olive oil on record in Italy... Researchers made the discovery after analyzing residue of the so-called liquid gold on the beautiful jar and two other vessels uncovered at Castelluccio, an archaeological site in Sicily. "It had the signature of Sicilian tableware dated to the end of the third and beginning of the second millennium B.C., [during the] Early Bronze Age," Davide Tanasi, an assistant professor of history at the University of South Florida, said in a statement. "We wanted to learn how it was used, so we conducted chemical analysis on organic residues found inside." The finding shows that the ancient people of Italy made and used olive oil at the end of the third millennium B.C., a good 700 years earlier than experts previously thought, the researchers said... In the new study, the researchers tested the three ceramic containers and found that all three vessels had organic residue containing oleic and linoleic acids, which are signatures of olive oil... Besides this new finding, the only known ancient storage jars with chemical signatures of olive oil in Italy were from the cities of Cosenza and Lecce, in southern Italy, that are thought to date to the Copper Age, during the 12th and 11th centuries B.C. However, the Italian olive oil discoveries aren't the oldest in the books. An analysis of 8,000-year-old clay pots from what is now Israel also revealed the signatures of olive oil, Live Science previously reported. That finding supports research suggesting that olive trees were domesticated about 6,000 to 8,000 years ago. Meanwhile, the oldest Italian wine on record dates to nearly 6,000 years ago and was also found at an archaeological site in Sicily, Live Science preciously reported.
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Chemical analysis conducted on ancient pottery proves olive oil existed in Italy 700 years sooner than what's previously been recorded. Credit: Polo Regionale di Siracusa per i siti e musei archeologici Museo Paolo Orsi
Was this Italian olive oil cut with canola oil, as most Italian olive oil is these days?
https://lifehacker.com/the-most-and-least-fake-extra-virgin-olive-oil-brands-1460894373
how’s it taste?
“4,000-Year-Old Jar Contains Italy’s Oldest Olive Oil”
Now contrast this with some other cultures who, still to this day, are living like primitive savages
Actually they were quite civilized even back then.
Yes, but was it “extra virgin”?
"Minga... 4,000 years old"
4,000 year old virgin...?
GACK!!!!
Was it ‘Extra-Extra-Extra-Extra Virgin’?....................
If we could only find a 4000 year old salad to pour it on. Ummm...that would be good eating. I lived in Rimini Italy for several years in the 70s and the first thing I learned was that real Italian food is nothing like Italian food served in America. I learned to love it though and gained more weight than I should have. My favorite was and still is Spaghetti Carbonara. Rimini is well know by Italians as the home of the best carbonara. I have tried to replicate it in America but face it, you just can’t find the best pancetta in Alabama, just a good salted pork is the closest I have come. They do love their olive oil and the pour it on almost everything. I could deal with that on everything except the way they would drown a pizza with it so it was “sensa olio” for me. Ahh, Olive Oil, it brings back so many fond memories.
This was heat-treated for 4000 years, and in an unmarked jar. I only eat the name brands. ;^)
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Seeing that picture of Helen Thomas makes me wish the old girl was here to see Trump as our President. Wow. Think about that. Haha.
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