1017: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Bonsai Trees of King Herod. Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres
Image: Bonsai. Here: Multispecies saikei named Roan Mountain contains Shimpaku juniper and Zakura azalea. Indiana Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents, in re: Bonsai trees were in the lavish court of Herod. Archaeologists found pollen of bonsai, cypress, cedars. Can reconstruct the gardens of that era. Can you see the the palace from the road to Jericho? No. The only full-size trees were date palms. Canaanite jars 3,300 years old: ports replaced the city of Ugarit (a Hittite city)—a calamitous event?—much trade among Tyre, Byblos, Cyprus. Greece . . . The Sea Peoples. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/king-herods-history-of-biblical-massacres-and-bonsai-trees-g6f5rwgnx