Once more valuable than gold, frankincense is indelibly linked to Oman. View on euronews ...

These fragrant incense pieces come from the Burseraceae ... such as bark infused into the resin. Low-quality frankincense is mainly sold for local market consumption, whereas grades one, two ...

Two millennia ago, in the Middle East, frankincense and myrrh were welcome gifts. The resins from frankincense and myrrh produce analgesia via the brain’s endogenous opiate receptors. The resins from ...

Photograph by Matthieu Paley A particularly highly prized asset was frankincense, “one of the most sought-after commodities in the ancient world,” says historian Michael Macdonald. This resin ...

Like frankincense, it is a resin tapped from small, thorny trees. It is used to embalm dead bodies and to make perfume, incense and medicine. It is believed to have antiseptic, analgesic and anti ...

They are both resins extracted from plants ... the gifts had very different significances. Both frankincense and myrrh have been used for a while as incense and it was as such that they were ...