Why Israel Must Maintain Its Presence in the Jordan Valley
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June 19, 2020
Grown from a 2,000-Year-Old Seed, a Tree Is a Reminder of the Land of Israel’s Verdant Past
A date palm named Methuselah.
In 1963, an archaeological excavation at Masada uncovered a jar containing six ancient seeds, originating sometime between 155 BCE and 64 CE, of a now-extinct species of date palm. In 2005, a researcher planted them in Israeli soil, and one grew into a robust tree, given the name Methuselah. Diane Bolz writes:
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Grown from a 2,000-Year-Old Seed, a Tree Is a Reminder of the Land of Israel’s Verdant Past
A date palm named Methuselah.