In 25 years of excavating the petrified forest of Lesbos, he had unearthed nothing like it. To then discover a treasure trove of so many petrified trunks in a single pit was, well, unbelievable.”Stretching across almost all of the Greek island’s western peninsula, the petrified forest, a Unesco global geopark, is among the largest in the world. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A fossilised tree trunk in the petrified forest of Lesbos. “We have a case of extraordinary fossilisation in which a tree was preserved with its various parts intact. “That it was buried by sediments expelled during a destructive volcanic eruption, and then found in situ, makes it even more unusual.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Petrified tree trunks at the excavation site.

Source: The Guardian February 25, 2021 05:00 UTC