Humans built cities, fought wars & watched empires disappear while one tree kept growing: Over 5,000 years old, the world’s oldest tree Methuselah was discovered like this

What if a tree could remember almost 5,000 years of human history?

Long before many of the world's most famous monuments existed, a remarkable Great Basin bristlecone pine was already growing high in California's White Mountains. Known as Methuselah, the ancient tree is estimated to be around 4,850 years old, making it one of the oldest known living trees on Earth.