Figs were first recorded in the tablets of Lagash in Sumer and have since appeared in recorded history from Egypt to Greece.4
Cleopatra ended her life with an asp brought to her in a basket of figs.4
The fig’s tree, a ficus, has large, rough-textured leaves with three lobes that are the standby when maintaining the modesty of statues.4
Figs have an opening called the ostiole, or “eye,” that is not connected to the tree, but helps its development by increasing its communication with the environment.1
According to Roman myth, the wolf that nurtured the twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, rested under a fig tree.1