Experts at the University of Oxford collected samples from the artefact's inner core, which uncovered a "time capsule" of vegetation life.

The brick, from the ancient city of Kalhu in Iraq, would have been made primarily of mud and mixed with chaff, straw or animal dung.

Some of the plant families uncovered included cabbage, heather, and birch.

The samples were taken during a project at the National Museum of Denmark in 2020, using a method previously used for other porous materials, such as bone.

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