Balm of Gilead, Perhaps?

Scientists grow Biblical 'lost tree' from mysterious 1,000 year old seed.

Resin from a tree grown from a seed found in caves in the late 1980s could be the Bibical "Balm of Judea", a study suggests.

By JON KING

21:25, Tue, Sep 24, 2024.

Scientists have grown a Biblical 'lost tree' from a mysterious 1,000 year old seed. (Image: Dr Elaine Solowey/Guy Eisner/Communications Biology)

Scientists have grown a "lost tree" from a 1,000-year-old seed found in the desert which may produce the "Balm of Judea" from Biblical times.

The seed measures about 2cm in length and was found during a survey of caves near Jerusalem led by the Archaeology Department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the mid-to-late 1980s. Radiocarbon dating found the seed dates back to between 993AD and 1202AD.

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