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Ancient Assyrians and Egyptians frequently represented pomegranates in their sculptures as a sacred tree, or "tree of life."
The pomegranate appears at the very top of the the Royal College of Midwives coat of arms, symbolic of regeneration and fertility.
French modernist painter, Paul Cezanne, paints Ginger Pot with Pomegranate and Pears. [1890 A.D.]
Dating back to 1860, the British Medical Association, representing doctors and all branches of medicine in the U.K., displays a pomegranate on its crest depicting fertility, prolificacy and the persistence of life.
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