Book of Genesis

In late August, fig trees produce fruit, though technically, a fig is an inverted flower that blooms internally. This is when fresh, sweet figs are ready to eat, but they spoil quickly unless preserved through traditional methods like making jams, chutneys or drying them. Fig spoon sweets are made from May's male figs, which don't develop into the familiar large fruit.

Bursa's black figs, which received geographical recognition from the European Union in September, are readied for export to Europe following their harvest in early to mid-August, depending on the seasonal temperatures every year.

Smaragda has travelled a lot

A ship-shaped formation discovered half a century ago in eastern Turkey has opened new horizons about Noah's Ark with its three-dimensional images.

A Turkish academic claimed on Jan. 6 that the Prophet Noah called his son via cell phone shortly before the famous flood, the story of which is recounted in both the Quran and the Old Testament.

The controversy over the sex reassignment bill has dominated the public discourse in Greece, since the government introduced a clause allowing teenagers as young as 15 years old to transition. The Greek Church stated its position on the matter in a categorical manner squarely condemning the bill.

A documentary prepared jointly by TRT, the Diyarbakır Governor's Office and the Turkish Development Ministry has claimed that the ancient statues in the world's oldest-known temple were constructed by the Prophet Abraham's father, Terah, prompting anger from archaeologists who say the claim is erroneous and misleading.

Entrepreneurs in Brazil are seeking to build an adults-only theme park near Piracicaba, about two hours’ drive from Sao Paulo, by 2018.

A swingers Christmas bash at the 2 Plus 2 club at Piraeus turned into Sodom and Gomorrah in the early hours of Saturday as more than 400 people engaged in group sex with special prizes that included Free Fucks.

Archaeologists believe they have made the historic discovery of the ruins of the Biblical city of Sodom which according to the Bible was destroyed by God as punishments for its sinning citizens.

A decade of excavations at the site to the east of Jordan has revealed a large amount of a Bronze Age city, which included defences and plazas linked by roads, that experts suspect is Sodom.