Difference between revisions of "Sycamore"

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Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made of Sycamore
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* '''sycamore:''' Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made of Sycamore (i.e. the sycamore fig, ''Ficus sycomorus'')
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* '''sycamore:''' In Egyptian mythology, Osiris’s corpse was concealed in a tomb of sycamore wood, shaded by sycamore trees (probably because the tree was a tree of healing, being the source of numerous ancient Egyptian medicines
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** [http://www.kinfonet.org/community/centres/sycamore/Tree.html The Sycamore Tree in Ancient Egypt]

Revision as of 12:22, 28 November 2007

  • sycamore: Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross made of Sycamore (i.e. the sycamore fig, Ficus sycomorus)
  • sycamore: In Egyptian mythology, Osiris’s corpse was concealed in a tomb of sycamore wood, shaded by sycamore trees (probably because the tree was a tree of healing, being the source of numerous ancient Egyptian medicines