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Carob in Ancient Egypt and Greece

Carob left its mark in different ways in the two great cultures of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean, the Egyptian and Greek world. The Egyptians used a sign in the form of a carob pod when writing the concept of "sweet"; The Greeks, on the other hand, compared the pod of the tree to the horn and gave it the name that forms the basis of today's scientific name.

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