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Stone olive press. Photo : Augusta Stylianou Artist
An animal-driven stone olive press of the classic period (a true reproduction of an extant in the acropolis of ancient Sparta). It consisted of two cylindrical stones that rotated by means of animals in a suitable dug dent in a stone.
From "Ancient Greek Technology" exhibition at the Evagoras & Kathleen Lanitis Centre in Carob Mill Limassol
Replicas and Reconstruction by Prof . Kostas Kotsanas and his students
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