The pomegranate is the subject of one of Aesopâs fables, in which the proud fruit argues with an apple over who is more beautiful.

The temple at Dendera, dedicated to the Egyptian Goddess Hathor, depicts a pomegranate as part of a ritualistic offering.

The silver shekel of Jerusalem, in circulation from 143 to 135 BCE, was decorated with three pomegranates. A similar design which included a branch of three pomegranates adorned the silver shekels that were minted in Jerusalem during the Jewish Great Revolt against Rome, which took place from 66 to 70 A.D.