Excavations in Ireland have led to the discovery of a 2,000-year-old fig. The preserved fig serves as a strong piece of evidence of exotic food traded between the Roman Empire and Ireland.

This investigation proved fruitful. Scientists in Ireland have discovered the charred remains of a 2,000-year-old fig that indicates a Roman presence on the isle that was thought to be out of the ...

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2000-year-old fig discovered by Irish archaeologists in Dublin Remains of the charred fruit were discovered during an archaeological excavation in Drumanagh, where an important trading post with ...

Archaeologists found the remains of a 2,000-year-old fig that would have reached Ireland through a trading post from the Roman Empire ...