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THE question put by your correspondent with reference to the germination of seeds taken from ancient Egyptian tombs appears to be directly answered by M. A. de Candolle in his work on “The Origin of Cultivated Plants.” His words are:—“I think it pertinent to say that no grain taken from an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus and sown by agriculturists has ever been known to germinate. It is not that the thing is impossible, for grains are all the better preserved that they are protected from the air and from variations of temperature or humidity, and certainly these conditions are fulfilled by Egyptian monuments; but as a matter of fact, the attempts at raising wheat from these ancient seeds have not been successful.”
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KLEIN, L. [Letters to Editor]. Nature 35, 463 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035463e0
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