Once again, she asked local archeologists for seeds from their collections and in the end she collected 32 additional undamaged seeds.
These additional seeds came from four locations: Masada, Qumran, Wadi Kelt/Qelt and Wadi Makukh. The cliffs of Qumran, located at the northeastern end of the Dead Sea yielded the Dead Sea Scrolls. Wadi Makukh is a winter water channel also surrounded by high cliffs containing caves that were surveyed 1986-1989. Wadi Qelt is a deep, water-carrying ravine running from the Jerusalem area to Jericho, whose steep cliffs also contain caves. I once had a memorable hike through Wadi Qelt during the height of the summer with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI).
How exciting to see these ancient plants brought back to life!
Thank you. Puts life in perspective. Shana tova. Esther
I’ve switched from eating so much candy to packaged dried fruits, e.g. prunes, apricots, pineapple chunks, mango slices, cherries, and just today, for the 1st time, I bought pitted dates. In biblical times, were dates pitted?