Like for Greece, Egypt used a lot of olive oil.
Egypt used also olive oil for several purposes, the first of it, olive oil was used like food. Indeed egyptian believe a lot in medical virtues of olive oil.
The other use than did the egyptians it’s the decoration. Indeed a lot of houses was decorated with olive branches braided.
Sometimes mummies was also decorated with olive branches braided.
A lot of proof of the presence of olive oil in Egypt have been found. Especially drawings of oil presses in the frescoes of a mortuary monument.
All this proves that olive oil was also present in antique Egypt. This tends to prove that olive oil was present in the majority of countries which bordering the mediterranean sea.
Olive oil keeps today a reputation in the mediterranean countries.
The Oracle of Delfos said that the one who gives the city the best gift would be the one to name it.
Poseidon build a river of salted water and Atenea created the olive tree.
Atenea won and the olive tree was the symbol and the most representative icon of the Greek and the Roman empires.
From the the olive tree humans extract the juice of the olives, the olive oil.