Olive oil tourism is taking off in Greece. Here’s where to taste it. Julia Eskins May 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM ...

The oldest olive tree in the world is located in Chania, Crete, Greece. The ancient tree is 3000 years old, as determined by ...

Princeton University’s Summer Research and Learning Village recently hosted an event focused on exploring olive oil.

The Papadopoulos family company exported 350 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil in 2024 to the U.S., about one-third of its total exports, and 100 tonnes so far this year.

Instead of a gold medal, victors at the ancient Greek Panathenaic Games received terra-cotta pots filled with Athenian olive oil from sacred trees.

Trump tariffs force Greek olive oil producers to seek new markets Greece is the fifth-largest exporter of olive oil to the US, shipping about 8,000-10,000 tonnes there annually ...

This is oil wrestling, an ancient sport practised in Turkey and parts of Iran and the Balkans. At its heart, it consists of two pehlivan (wrestlers) doused in olive oil, locked in a slippery struggle.

Olive oil was one of the major commodities in the ancient Mediterranean. Alongside wine, grain and perhaps also cheese in some regions, it enveloped and permeated Canaanite, Phoenician, Greek and ...