The plant of the Pharaohs and the Romans appears 2000 years after its "extinction"
It was recently discovered that a plant was believed to have been extinct for two thousand years from Libya, according to National Geographic, and the plant won overwhelming popularity with the Pharaohs, the Romans and the Greeks.
The "miracle" silphium plant consumed by the ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians, which was thought to be extinct 2,000 years ago, has been rediscovered with this event that will attract great scientific interest after botanists and even botanical explorers since the Middle Ages sought to find this plant across three continents in vain. . Historians believe that the disappearance of silphium is the first recorded extinction of any species, plant or animal.
The plant, which the ancient Greeks called silphium, was a golden-flowered plant. It was once the most sought after product in the Mediterranean even before the advent of Athens and the Roman Empire. The plant, which has yellow flowers set on a thick stalk, is believed to be crushed, roasted, stirred, and boiled for medicinal purposes, food, and even used as a contraceptive. During the reign of Julius Caesar, more than a thousand pounds of the plant were stored along with gold in the treasures of the Empire From the Gulf of Bomba, east of the current city of Derna, to the Gulf of Sirte, in the west.
And 2000 years ago, silphium was growing in the plains of Cyrenaica in eastern LibyaAnd the buds of its yellow crown flowers herald an invaluable season in front of the Greek ships in the port of "Apolonia" to ship its bountiful crop to Athens and from there to all parts of the ancient world beyond the Mediterranean.
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