From The Seattle Times: Scientific dig unearths 2,500-year-old fruit .
Posted on October 2, 2004 12:22 PM. Filed under: history & archaeology.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 yesterday.
The fruit was 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," said Panayiota Kasimi, the archaeologist in charge of the dig. [continue]