2,000-Year-Old Judean Date Palm Seeds Revive One Of History's Most Famous Plants
Date palms were one of the first fruit to be domesticise and were traded wide through the ancient populace . In Roman times , Judean dates were famous for their size and calibre , but the groves were destroyed in war and conquest . The successful germination of 2,000 - twelvemonth - old seeds has bring the sort back from the dead . appointment palms have been grown in the Middle East for around 7,000 long time , becoming a symbol of the area and a staple food for thought ....