June 2, 2007
Talk About Dried Fruit
Stumble it!Radiocarbon dating tests have revealed that a half-round of fruit found by Japanese archaeologists is about 2,100 years old.
The archaeological dig, centered around the city of Moriyama about 200 miles southwest of Tokyo in western Japan, is thought to be the first to find a piece of melon with intact flesh on the rind. Moriyama city official Shuji Yamazaki says this melon is thought to be the oldest such find.
According to official reports, the melon was effectively vacuum-sealed - preventing micro organisms from breaking down the melon naturally and leading to it’s remarkable preservation.
Previous fruity discoveries in the region include melon seeds and rinds. An archaeology team in China found another piece of intact melon, thought to date back to the fourth century AD.
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