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EPISODE · Feb 9, 2021 · 56 MIN

Underwater Olive Adventures, or, From the Mediterranean to Martinis

from This Week in the Ancient Near East · host thisweekintheancientneareast

The discovery of a 6,600 year old cache of olives off the shore of Israel raises questions: Olives? Underwater? What? Who was the first person to eat an olive, and how does the Assyrian Empire (eventually) figure in? And why do our panelists keep talking about fat tailed sheep and the history of writing?   To learn more   Israeli teams discover ancient olive-eating practices below the sea https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/oldest-evidence-for-olive-eating-found-below-the-sea-657615?fbclid=IwAR3AkN-uOTQhSKDFCTydNPJWksGiNTKhPzZikexu7uSl5T3vVAx24LofrJ8  

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