Gethsemane - Olive Trees

Olive Trees

A study conducted by the National Research Council of Italy in 2012 found that several olive trees in the garden are older than any other olive trees reported in the scientific literature. Dates of 1092, 1166 and 1198 were obtained by carbon dating older parts of the trunks of three trees. DNA tests show that the trees were originally planted from the same parent plant.

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