Forbidden fruit Adam and Eve upon expelling them from the Garden. "By that with which they were made low were they rectified." Since the fig is a long-standing symbol of female sexuality, it enjoyed a run as a favorite understudy to the apple as the forbidden fruit during the Italian Renaissance. The most famous depiction of the fig as the forbidden fruit was painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti in his masterpiece fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Proponents of the theory that the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in what is now known as the Middle East suggest that the fruit was
Bill Sweeting confidential clerk. He eventually reached the rank of sergeant. After the end of the war, he was discharged from the AIF on 12 November 1945. After leaving the Army, Sweeting continued to work for Long as a research assistant on the official history series "Australia in the War of 1939–1945". He also also authored three chapters in one of the volumes covering the experiences of Australian prisoners of war held by Japan. After Long retired in 1963, Sweeting became the acting editor of the official history series, and remained in this role until 1970 when the last volume was published.