A date with history

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 harvested, linking the State of Israel to its ancient roots.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/world/middleeast/israel-judean-dates-agriculture.html

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/my-date-with-history-and-hope/

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