Frankincense and myrrh may seem like odd gifts now, but in the ancient world, they were highly prized. They were used for ...

South Arabian farmers would harvest frankincense and other aromatic resins and spices, such as myrrh, bdellium, and myrobalan, in vast quantities, and send it north to market. Many routes ...

They found that the bodies still contain aromatic resins of pine, cedar, juniper, myrrh, and frankincense, as well as waxes ...