• Skip to main content

The JackB

"When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'." Groucho Marx

  • About Jack
    • Other Places You Can Find Me
  • Contact Me
    • Disclosure

The Ancient Comes to Life

November 25, 2005 by Jack Steiner 1 Comment

Tweet
Share
Pin
Share
0 Shares

Gail gets credit for tipping me off to this.

2,000-Year-Old Seed Sprouts, Sapling Is Thriving

Ancient Seed

“Several ancient date seeds were taken from an excavation at Masada, a historic mountainside fortress, in 1973. In A.D. 73 Jewish Zealots took their own lives at the fortress rather than surrender to the Romans at the end of a two-year siege.

Carbon dating indicates the seeds are about 2,000 years old.

Hebrew University archaeologist Ehud Netzer found the seeds and gave them to botanical archaeologist Mordechai Kislev at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv.

The seeds sat untouched in a drawer in Kislev’s office until last November, when Sallon asked if she could have a few to pass on to desert agriculture expert Elaine Solowey.

“I said, Thank you. What do you want me to do?” Solowey recalls. Told to germinate them, she said, “You want me to do what?”

(Visited 29 times, 1 visits today)

Share this:

  • Share
  • Reddit
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest

Related

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Gail says

    November 27, 2005 at 12:47 pm

    This story is receiving a lot of attention. Seems like many found it as fascinating as I did. Thank you for the link!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Copyright © 2022 · Author Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in