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The Tree of Life represented in carvings does not look
particularly like a tree. It appears as a series of leafy
rosettes arranged and constructed in a lattice pattern. To the
Babylonians it was a tree with magical fruit which could be
picked only by the gods. Dire consequences befell any mortal who
dared to pluck from it. The oldest name of Babylon, Tin-tir-ki,
meant 'the place of the Tree of Life'.
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