{"id":1251,"date":"2023-01-24T07:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T05:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/?page_id=1251"},"modified":"2023-01-25T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T09:24:34","slug":"latest-news-about-the-ancient-date-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/about\/latest-news-about-the-ancient-date-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest NEWS about the Ancient Date family"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1251\" class=\"elementor elementor-1251\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f714e5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f714e5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7184c99\" data-id=\"7184c99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc06378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc06378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The planting of 7 date trees from the Ancient Kingdom of Judah has been completed!<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In October 2022, we planted the trees &#8220;<strong>Boaz<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Uriel<\/strong>&#8221; in Kibbutz Ketura. This completed the group of 7 rare trees, which were carefully sprouted from 2000-year-old seeds.<\/p><p>The first tree in the series, which received international publicity and even holds a Guinness world record, is &#8220;Methuselah&#8221;. Germinated in 2005, this is the oldest seed in the world germinated under natural conditions!<\/p><p>These ancient date palm seeds were found in Masada and in the caves of the Judean desert and have been carbon dated to be about 2000 years old. These are organic remains from the time of the Ancient Temple! The seeds sprouted and grew and have thus brought back to life the ancient variety, the &#8220;Judean Date&#8221;, which became extinct hundreds of years ago.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bf9a0e\" data-id=\"3bf9a0e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd74a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8dd74a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_093433-2-scaled-e1674637595431-576x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1286\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_093433-2-scaled-e1674637595431-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_093433-2-scaled-e1674637595431-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_093433-2-scaled-e1674637595431-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_093433-2-scaled-e1674637595431-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_093433-2-scaled-e1674637595431-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_093433-2-scaled-e1674637595431.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" style=\"width:100%;height:177.78%;max-width:1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Planting of \"Uriel\". Picture by Nadav Soloway<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a82cf51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a82cf51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db89b2f\" data-id=\"db89b2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3b9e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a3b9e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_092643-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1285\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_092643-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_092643-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_092643-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_092643-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_092643-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/judeandates.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20221027_092643-1568x882.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:56.25%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Next to the \"Uriel\" sapling in the photo are Dr. Sarah Salon of Hadassah Jerusalem (left), who initiated the project, and Dr. Elaine Solowey (3rd from left), a member of Kibbutz Ketura and a researcher at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, who succeeded in germinating the seeds.  Together with the researchers, are the staff members of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture at the Arava Institute: Dr. Oren Hofman and Noah Marthinsen. Photo by Eliza Mayo.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-500aabf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"500aabf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-567745b\" data-id=\"567745b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The planting of 7 date trees from the Ancient Kingdom of Judah has been completed! \u00a0 In October 2022, we planted the trees &#8220;Boaz&#8221; and &#8220;Uriel&#8221; in Kibbutz Ketura. 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