[SunkenCiv]

Above, an image of the ancient, 1,000-year-old seed that would grow into the plant 'Sheba.' Hadassah University Medical Center's Dr Sarah Sallon, who also lead the charge to revive the ancient date palm 'Methuselah,' suspects the seeds were left by an animal.

© Sallon, Weeks, et al / Communications Biology 2024

[gundog]

[laplata]

Amazing. Thanks for posting this.

[Flaming Conservative]

I know a woman who had given up on getting pregnant after several years of trying. Then, one of the doctors at the Indian clinic (feather) where she worked, instructed her to massage frankincense on her lower abdomen every day. She did as instructed. Her baby will soon be 2 years old. (She got pregnant after a few months of applying the frankincense). No idea how it works, but it did.

[Chainmail]

Interesting bit from the article: "...in the decades shortly after the reported death of Jesus."

Reported? Like there's some doubt that Jesus died?

[Magnum44]

[dynachrome]

“Feed me!”
~Audrey

[bgill]

They should move it and the seeds across the world before Lebanon blows it up. Bad timing for this article to come out to draw attention.

[trillabodilla]

There is a Balm in Gilead!

[Jamestown1630]

The idea of ‘seed saving’ has fascinated me; it could be crucial to survival at times in the future:

https://www.croptrust.org/work/svalbard-global-seed-vault/

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks, SunkenCiv!

[Faith65]

Awesome! Thank you for posting this.

[Sirius Lee]

'Sheba,' might be the same species that produced the highly valued medicinal extract 'tsori,'

If it is and it works, big Pharma will kill it.

[martin_fierro]

'Sheba' is just the latest in a series of botanical resurrections to have come out of the Holy Land in the 21st century, including the 2005 sprouting of an ancient species of date palm, nicknamed 'Methuselah,' whose seed dated back to the time of Christ

Meanwhile, all my houseplants are silk, because I've been known to kill bromeliads.

[mware]

I recall reading a thread at FR about a year ago of a lemon dating back several 1000 years ago going up for sale for over a million dollars. Figured someone bought it to attempt to grow the seeds.