Judean date palm - Wikipedia
The Judean date palm is a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) grown in Judea. It is not clear whether there was ever a single distinct Judean cultivar, but dates grown in the region have had distinctive reputations for thousands of years, and the date palm was anciently regarded as a symbol of the region and its fertility. Cultivation of dates in ...
How Israeli farmers are growing dates from a 2,000-year-old tree
2024年6月21日 · After just six weeks, the world witnessed Judean date palm seeds sprouting for the first time in centuries. Among the emerging greens, one palm — which they named “Methuselah” — grew into a sapling (the stage of a young tree).
Home - Dates from the Ancient Judean Kingdom
The Ancient Judean Date, “Methuselah”, and six additional date palms were germinated from 2000 year old seeds discovered during archaeological excavations at Masada and caves in the Judean Desert.
From Extinction to Resurrection: The Judean Date Palm Tree
2021年7月15日 · In June of 2020, Hannah became the first Judean date palm tree, resurrected from the dust of ancient seeds, to bear fruit. The harvested fruit is currently being analyzed for its nutritional value. Out of the changes from natural weather shifts, new life can grow again.
Scientists Grew Palm Trees From 2,000-Year-Old Seeds
2020年2月7日 · As Alice Klein of New Scientist reports, a team led by Sarah Sallon of the Louis L. Borick Natural Medicine Research Center in Jerusalem has sprouted six new trees from the 2,000-year-old seeds of...
New Fruit from Old Seeds - Biblical Archaeology Society
2021年12月30日 · The Judean Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is known from historical accounts for its sweet, large fruit, which even had medicinal properties. It played a significant role in the Judean economy for about two millennia—at the least from the fifth century B.C.E. until the 11th century C.E.—but then it went extinct centuries ago.
Extinct date palms grown from 2000-year-old seeds found near Jerusalem
2020年2月5日 · Seven date palm trees have been grown from 2000-year-old seeds that were found in the Judean desert near Jerusalem. The seeds – the oldest ever germinated – were among hundreds discovered...
Ancient Palm Resurrected from 2000-Year-Old Seed - AAAS
2008年6月12日 · Scientists have successfully grown a date palm from a 2000-year-old seed dug up from the Judean desert. That makes the seed, whose age has just been verified by radiocarbon dating, the oldest ever to germinate.
Origins and insights into the historic Judean date palm based on ...
The current study sheds light on the origins of the Judean date palm, suggesting that its cultivation, benefitting from genetically distinct eastern and western populations, arose from local or introduced eastern varieties, which only later were crossed with western varieties.
The mission to resurrect ancient date palm plants in Israel
2020年2月9日 · As part of a long-term project at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel, scientists hope to breed Judean date palms -- a variety that was praised in antiquity for its sweetness ...
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