Christ's+Thorn+Jujube

The Christ's Thorn Jujube in Ancient Egypt


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The Christ's Thorn Jujube was used in ancient Egypt from predynastic times. The wood made dowels which served as cross-tongues for wooden coffins, and the leaves and fruit were used in medicine. Remains of the berries appear frequently in tombs, including King Tutankhamen's. Faience models of jujube berries were buried with the dead. The fruits were sometimes made into bread - Egyptian peasants still made similar bread as late as the beginning of the 20th century. The Greek botanist Theophrastus (4th–3rd centuries B.C.E.) wrote: "the fruit is sweet, and, if one pours wine over it, they say that it becomes sweeter and that it makes the wine sweeter."

Fruit of Ancient Egypt

Trees of Ancient Egypt