As soon as summer starts, watermelon starts reaching everyone’s homes. Red-red watermelon is the favorite of children. Often people prefer to make juice and eat it directly after cutting it. Actually, its effect is cool and eating watermelon in the summer season is considered very beneficial for health. This watermelon, which looks green from above, is completely red from inside. You will find many farmers cultivating watermelon on the banks of rivers in India. Now there is a glut of watermelons in the markets as well. But do you know in which country this delicious juicy watermelon was first grown. Today in this article, we will tell you the history of watermelon only. Through genetic sequencing of watermelons, it has been found that for the first time watermelon was grown in Iraq. At that time it was known as ancient Mesopotamia. According to a research by Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Sudanese watermelon is considered to be the ancestor of Iraqi watermelon. People believe that watermelon came from Egypt. In fact, 33 years ago, King Tutankhamen of Egypt was buried with watermelon seeds. At the same time, the second reason behind telling it of Mishra is that there is a painting which was discovered in 1912. This painting was made on an ancient Egyptian dome about 4300 years ago. It can be clearly seen in this painting that a watermelon has been cut along with many food items in the plate.
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