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Olive Tree on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem Royalty Free Stock Photo

Olive Tree limb on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem Royalty Free Stock Photo

Olive Trees and a Giant Palm tree in Mount of Olives Jerusalem Royalty Free Stock Photo

Historic Olive trees in Garden of Gethsemane within Gethsemane Sanctuary on Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, Israel Royalty Free Stock Photo

Olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, an urban garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, most famous as the Royalty Free Stock Photo

Olive Tree on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem

Olive Trees on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem Royalty Free Stock Photo

Old olive tree in Gethsemane garden, Jerusalem, Israel. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Olive tree branches on bright blue sky background. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel Royalty Free Stock Photo

Green olives and olive tree branches on blue sky background. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel Royalty Free Stock Photo

This is an ancient olive tree standing in a garden surrounding a modern church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. This hill lying east across the Kidron Valley from the Jerusalem Temple was named for the olive groves and olive presses located on its slopes. A section of the hill was known as Gethsemane, meaning `olive press,` an area where the fruit of the trees would be processed into oil. The olive tree takes about 17 years to reach full production, and can live to be over 1,000 years old. There is no way to tell how old this tree is, but legend dates it to the Roman period. There were likely similar olive trees in this area in the time of Jesus. Photo Taken on December 5, 2007.