a date palm tree they named Methuselah. The name refers to a figure in the Bible who lived until the age of 969. Sallon admitted that she didn’t expect the experiment would work. But it did.

The seed was a 1,000-year-old yellow and fragrant resin from the Commiphora tree revived from a cave ... the 2,000-year-old ...

BEST OF 2021: Forests of Judean date palm trees once covered ancient Israel, from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea. The fruit of the tree symbolised life and prosperity and was praised in ancient ...