Extinct 2000 year Judean date tree revived

[guy]

 

Israel is currently one of the world’s leading producers of dates, but these date palm trees are not the original ones from Ancient Judaea.

 

The original date palm trees in Israel were devastated by the Roman conquest of Ancient Judea, disrupting date production. Human activity and climate change further impacted their near-complete destruction by the 15th century.

 

 

 

During the 1960s, archaeologists found ancient date seeds at the fortress of Masada. Almost 40 years later, they were planted and grew into ancient palm trees, now producing ancient dates.

 

 

 

Edited September 24 by guy

[Crispina]

This is remarkable. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.