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Ancient olive Art Print
by Paul Cowan
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Ancient olive art print by Paul Cowan. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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It is said that it takes 300 years for an olive tree to split and create two trees, yet this one has split so often that it has created five separate... more
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It is said that it takes 300 years for an olive tree to split and create two trees, yet this one has split so often that it has created five separate trees in a ring, like the walls of a drum, around the place where its sapling once stood.
I have no way of knowing how old this tree is. I stumbled on it beside a road in the Amari Valley, in Crete, not far from the ruins of ancient Sivritis. It is not the oldest olive tree on Crete - that distinction is given to the Vouves Olive, which is at least 2,000 years old and possible as much as 4,000 years, making it one of the oldest living things on earth. But I feel sure that this tree has borne fruit for 1,000 summers or more - maybe much more - and it still does today.
About Paul Cowan
PLEASE NOTE: Any watermark that is displayed will not appear on purchased prints. Paul is a professional art, travel, nature and food photographer working with both high-end digital and medium and large format film. He went into photography after a 30-year career in journalism in the UK and Middle East.
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