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Blast from the Past

“Methuselah,” a 5-foot-tall date tree sapling whose seed dates back at least 2,000 years. Originally discovered in the 1960s at Masada by Prof. Yadin, the seed was carbon dated to roughly the time of the fortress’ siege, in 73 CE. … Continue reading

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