What was the olive oil used for?

Publicada en septiembre 27, 2017septiembre 27, 2017 por admin

This post is about different uses of olive oil. As everybody knows olive oil is really tasty and it has a wide use to prepare delicious recipes. But apart from this, it has numerous positive attributes that make the olive oil a multifunctional product. The olive tree has always been considered as a sacred tree[…]

The hill made of olive oil amphora: Testaccio

Publicada en junio 1, 2017agosto 14, 2017 por admin

In 1878 Heinrich Dressel, a German archaeologist, discovered that the hill Testaccio was made of amphorae fragments used for the transportation of olive oil, mostly coming from Hispania. The Testaccio is a 30-meter hill on the left side of the river Tiber near the port of Rome. The amphorae reached the port of Rome, where[…]