Sunday, September 7, 2014

Istanbul, Turkey

Thirty years ago, the majority of Americans would not have been able to identify one of the fruits on this cart, despite its antiquity and role in Judeo-Christian history. Deuteronomy names the seven spices that provided for the good life: "wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates . . . olive oil and honey." Which one is seen here? [2014]

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