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Tutankhamun's pea seeds finally harvested
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Started conversation May 21, 2001
Seeds from peas found during an excavation of Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt have grown into purple pods.
The 3,000-year-old seeds were planted at the Suzuka Municipal Museum of Archeology in Japan.
A British archaeologist originally found the seeds. They were finally sown three years ago.
This year their purple flowers bloomed in early April. When a museum curator cooked rice with the green peas she harvested, the rice turned pale pink.
The museum is now planning to give away the peas to museum visitors but will hold back enough to plant next year's crop, reports the "Daily Yomiuri".
Tutankhamun's pea seeds finally harvested
I'm not really here Posted May 21, 2001
They're not poisonous? 
Tutankhamun's pea seeds finally harvested
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jun 12, 2001
If they'd killed the person who cooked her rice with them, they would have told us, wouldn't they?
~looks worried~
Tutankhamun's pea seeds finally harvested
I'm not really here Posted Jun 12, 2001
Well, seems like everything goes off after 3 days these days.
Tutankhamun's pea seeds finally harvested
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jun 13, 2001
I wish my men lasted that long.
Tutankhamun's pea seeds finally harvested
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Sep 11, 2005
I *knew* I had talked of Tutankhamun's peas somewhere on hootoo!
to add to my pea entry
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