[SunkenCiv]

The village of Tel Tsaf, Israel: an overview of Area C with courtyard buildings, comprising rectangular and rounded rooms and rounded silos.

Image credit: Y. Garfinkel

[GreyFriar]

Pimentos, martini’s, and fig newtons came later.

[Larry Lucido]

How did the first person figure out how to eat an olive? Were there even pimentos yet? Gin?

[Farmerbob]

A book I once read said that fig trees date back to the earliest days of the garment industry.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Figs and dates probably were the beginning of agriculture.

Easy to dry and carry, full of sugars and, unlike plants, trees do not require a great deal of care to cultivate.

You can also make some really good wine out of them.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

BTW if you want to read the whole article you have to click on the link in the first post.

The other links take you to an article on e-coli.

Interesting, but not nearly as tasty as figs.

[nicollo]

Ah, yes, Hotel Tsaf. I stayed there once.

If I recall correctly, Room 612 was comfy and had a nice corner window, but the troglodytes next door in Silo 568 partied all night, banging sticks and stones. I’d recommend Room 70, but it’s next to the kitchen, hotter than hell and reeked of olive oil, which you might as well order by the glass because the vintage of the wine is always yesterday. Worst of all, there was no wifi, no room service, no hot water (except in Room 70), and no valet.