The resin of a tree grown from an ancient seed found in a desert cave near Jerusalem could be the source of a medicinal balm ...
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's the type of thing that elicits gasps: "What do you mean Haley from 'One Tree Hill' was in a cult?!" "Like NXIVM?" "What happened?" As she puts it in the book: "Bible study went sideways." ...