X-Message-Number: 24739 From: "Basie" <> Subject: 2,500-Year-Old Pomegranate Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 19:19:15 -0400 2,500-Year-Old Pomegranate Found in Greece Fri Oct 1,11:06 AM ET Science - AP ATHENS, Greece - A scientific dig has uncovered four pomegranates believed to be 2,500 years old preserved inside a woven basket nestled in a bronze vessel, a Greek archaeologist said Friday. The fruits were found at an archaeological dig in the area of Ancient Corinth, about 63 miles west of Athens. "They were preserved because the vessel was closed very well. The oxidization of the bronze functioned protectively, so no microorganisms developed and destroyed them," Panayiota Kasimi, the archaeologist in charge of the dig, told The Associated Press. name="addtomyyahoo3.gif" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING BASE64 ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24739