The Egyptians also ate a lot of fruit including grapes, pomegranates, dates, figs and palm-tree fruit. Palm-tree fruit are dark brown and have holes on their outer shell. The outer shell of the nut is so hard that it could be used as the top end of a drill. This fruit came from a 3,000 year old tomb offering.
               
Dates were eaten fresh at harvest time in August or could be dried or conserved in a sweet mash. A date wine was made and the sap could also be made into wine.           

                                   By Kristin and Kimberley

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