The gardening diary of an experienced Pacific NW gardener.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Figs in Ancient Egypt
Another Illustration of a fig tree from ancient Egypt, from Condit's Monograph
This "Vignette has been reproduced from the same source, it shows an Egyptian man and wife seated in front of the sacred sycamore [fig] and receiving the bread and water of the next world." (quoted from the monograph)
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