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Return of the Judean Date Palm

Posted on October 20, 2013

(Thanks to Charlie) Latest news on the progress of the oldest known tree seed ever to germinate originally reported in my newsletter in Nov 2012. Dr Elaine Solowey of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is working hard to revive … Continue reading →

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Massive crop from Temple-era data palm

Posted on September 9, 2021

Hannah, one of the Judean date palms at Kibbutz Ketura that was grown from a 2,000-year-old seed (see here previously), has produced a huge crop of dates this year. It dwarfs the 111 dates produced last year and visitors to … Continue reading →

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A date with history

Posted on September 13, 2020

The Judean date palm was extinct. But 2000-year-old seeds discovered at Masada in 2005 were planted at Kibbutz Ketura by Drs Elaine Soloway and Sarah Sallon (see here). The resulting trees were named Methuselah and Hannah. Their dates were just … Continue reading →

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The mothers of Methuselah and Hannah

Posted on September 23, 2020

Dr Sarah Sallon, who together with Dr Elaine Soloway brought back the Judean date palm from extinction, describes the “miracle” of trees Methuselah and Hannah that were planted from 2000-year-old seeds discovered at Masada. The dates are described as delicious … Continue reading →

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Ancient tree may help cure diseases

Posted on September 9, 2018

On Kibbutz Katura, I saw Methuselah – a Judean date palm that scientist Elaine Solowey planted on Tu Bishvat from 2000-year-old seeds discovered by archeologists at Masada. Now scientists believe that the tree’s ancient genetic properties could have major medical … Continue reading →

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Natural medicines from Jerusalem

Posted on November 4, 2012

The Natural Medicine Research Unit for the Study of Complementary, Alternative and Integrated Medicine at Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem is exploring some ancient methods to cure modern day ailments. The centre even germinated a 2,000-year-old Judean date palm seed. … Continue reading →

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