The Pomegranate Odyssey: From Ancient Orchards to Modern Science

Trace the pomegranate’s epic journey—from 4,000 BCE cultivation in Mesopotamia and a possible independent domestication in Albania to Linnaeus’s Punica granatum and the Punica genus that hints at ancient trade. Explore its rich symbolism across Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and ancient Egypt, and its traditional medicinal uses in Greek, Ayurvedic, and Chinese medicine. Finally, connect ancient wisdom to modern science, examining antioxidant claims, trade-driven spread, and the FDA’s cautions against hype, to show how one fruit threads through culture and science.

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