Botanists have grown a long-lost tree species from a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s. The researchers involved in the project say they believe the tree species, ...

Scientists have revived a mysterious, 1,000-year-old seed discovered in the Judean Desert — and the tree that has grown from it could belong to a lost lineage mentioned in the Bible, they say. It has ...

The seed, which was found during an archaeological excavation in the 1980s, is believed to have belonged to trees mentioned in the Bible A mysterious ancient seed, dating back to a time between 993 AD ...

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In the Christmas story, as recorded in the book of Matthew, wise men presented gifts to baby Jesus. Two of these gifts were frankincense and myrrh. These are costly perfume oils derived from certain ...

Trees are mentioned throughout the 66 books of the Bible. From the Tree of Good and Evil in Genesis 2:9 to the Tree of Life found in the book of Revelation 22:1, trees play an important role in the ...

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