(ANSA) - Rome, May 31 - Olive oil is much older than first
thought and is at least 4,000 years old, an Italian researcher
working at the University of South Florida has found.
Davide Tanasi made the discovery after analysing some traces
found on a Bronze Age ceramic jar found in Sicily in the 1990s.
His findings have been published in the journal Analytical
Methods.
Olive oil much older than thought
Italian in Florida tested Bronze Age jar found in Sicily