On Sun, 30 May 2004 15:59:55 +0000, fitwell wrote:

...I remember as a teenager finding out that some of
seeds put in with the pharaohs still sprouted after a few millenia.

I have read that this story is one of those folktales or urban legends or
whatever they might be called. I know that frozen seeds can last that
long, but I am unaware of a seed of an ordinary plant remaining viable for
that long when not frozen.