In the Californian White Mountains, there are trees older than history.

In the Californian White Mountains, there are trees older than history.

An ancient 4,800-year-old Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, the Methuselah Tree grows high in the White Mountains of eastern California. ... A germination date of 2832 BCE makes Methuselah older even than the Egyptian Pyramids.

Methuselah is a 4,852-year-old[1] Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California.[2][3] It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world.[4