Friday, June 13, 2008

Very Old Seed


A 2,000 year old seed -- found in Masada -- has grown...



The Date Palm seed, recovered from the famous site of the First Jewish-Roman War, has been radiocarbon dated to somewhere around 205 AD. That's kind of a big deal...

More on the oldest seed ever grown HERE.

More on MASADA, starring Peter O'Toole as "General Cornelius Flavius Silva", HERE.


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