Archaeologists reveal second-largest Roman olive oil mill in the Roman Empire

Roman Olive Oil Mill Uncovered as One of the Empire’s Largest in Tunisia

Archaeological site in Kasserine, Tunisia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Astiosaurus CC BY 3.0 Archaeologists have uncovered one of the largest Roman olive oil mills ever identified during a major international excavation in Tunisia’s Kasserine region. Researchers from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice are co-leading the mission at ancient Cillium, near the border with Algeria, where massive industrial structures tied to oil production are emerging…

Archaeologists reveal second-largest Roman olive oil mill in the Roman Empire

Ca' Foscari University of Venice is co-directing a major international archaeological mission in the Kasserine region of Tunisia. The excavations, focused on the area of ancient Roman Cillium, on the border with present-day Algeria, concentrate on imposing structures linked to oil production, including two torcularia, olive pressing facilities, one of which has been identified as the second largest Roman oil mill in the entire Empire.

Large-Scale Ancient Roman Olive Oil Production Facility Discovered in Tunisia

An international team of researchers from Spain, Tunisia, and Italy has uncovered an industrial-scale olive oil production facility in Tunisia, near the western border with Algeria. The archaeological site where the mill was discovered, Henchir el Begar, is in the Kasserine region of Tunisia, which was known as Cillium when it was part of the ancient Roman empire. According to an article published on Phys.org, the latest excavation zeroes in o…