Even after Assyria won, Judeans produced olive oil in biblical Shephelah
A new study by Bar Ilan University scholars suggests that the Philistines engaged in olive oil production earlier than previously thought, but did not have the monopoly of it.
Aerial view of Tell es-Safi 2018 looking west.(photo credit: PROF. AREN MAEIR, DIRECTOR, ACKERMAN FAMILY BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION TO GATH)ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
