Looking for Dates? How about a 2,000 Year old Judean Date Palm Tree?

Looking for Dates? How about a 2,000 Year old Judean Date Palm Tree? February 5, 2019

Here is an interesting story about the recovery of 2,000 year old seeds for date palm trees from the archaeological site at Herod’s winter palace in Jericho and the attempt to revive this particular species by planting 2,000 year old seeds. Thanks to James for the link to this story.

https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/extinct-tree-grows-anew-after-archaeologists-dig-ancient-seed-stockpile.html


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