Earliest Olive Pickling Factory Found at 6,500-year-old Site Off Israeli Coast


The mystery of a series of prehistoric stone circles containing thousands of olive pits, found just off Israel’s northern coast a decade ago, has been solved. Archaeologists have concluded they were apparently facilities for pickling olives 6,500 years ago – the earliest evidence found so far for the production of this food.

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