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TFA seems to have copied text mostly from this (much better) blog post from 2012: https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/the-pineapple-of-pompeii https://www.jasonc
by metafunctor 5y ago
TFA seems to have copied text mostly from this (much better) blog post from 2012: https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/the-pineapple-of-pompeii https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/the-pineapple-of-pompeii
Here's a larger image of the mosaic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/0_Mosaico_pavimentale_–_Grotte_Celloni_–_Pal._Massimo.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/0_Mosaic...
Also, I think it's just a pine cone.
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- RachelF 5y agoPerhaps, however there are other indications of pre-columbian contact: Traces of nicotine and cocaine, both New World drugs, have been detected in Egyptian mummies. A counter argument is why would a pineapple have been brought over and not the much more useful potato and corn?
- meepmorp 5y ago> Traces of nicotine and cocaine, both New World drugs Nicotine production isn't limited to tobacco; it's been found in the bark of various acacia species, for example.
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