വരെ, 2012, Methuselah was the oldest tree in the world

വരെ, 2012, Methuselah was the oldest known tree in the world അതിന്റെ പ്രായം (4,789 years at the time) was discovered in 1957 by ടോം Harlan and Edmund Schulman. The tree is named for the oldest വേദപുസ്തക ചിത്രം, Methuselah, who lived to be 969 years old.

It grows in Methuselah Grove in the White Mountains of Inyo County, California, where it is surrounded by other ancient trees, and its exact location is unknown to the public to keep the tree നിന്ന് സുരക്ഷിതമായി നശീകരണ. Based on the tree ' s age, it is estimated that Methuselah ച ചുറ്റും 2832 ബി. സി., making it older than the famous ഈജിപ്ഷ്യൻ പിരമിഡുകൾ.