Maria Belgiorno
Maria Belgiorno
east middle nobody speak technology took western
Nobody can really speak about prehistory without mentioning Cyprus. It was a filter. It took technology from the Middle East and redistributed it to the western world.
areas building copper facilities imagine middle olive press shows storage sure
The olive press and storage facilities were in the middle of two areas where copper was worked. It shows that for sure they used olive oil. Can you imagine building an olive press in the middle of a metallurgy plant? Why?
evidence food laboratory oil olive time
We know that olive oil made it into our food around 1,000 BC, but it is the first time we have laboratory evidence that it was used in smelting as a fuel.