A team of scientists has determined that the fossils, initially uncovered in the 1970s, represent the ancient remains of a plant from the frankincense and myrrh family. Frankincense and myrrh are ...

Using CT scanning, scientists have now determined they are the oldest fossils from species in the Frankincense and Myrrh family ... was notorious for turning up plant fossils that were difficult ...

Gold, I knew. Everyone agreed it made a more than acceptable gift. In addition to announcing that the one being gifted was special indeed, it also signaled that the giver was not short of a dollar ...

However, frankincense and myrrh are now under threat. The tree that produces frankincense, Boswellia sacra , is listed as ...

For example, it is: Frankincense, along with myrrh, has been prescribed in traditional ... leaves, or other plant parts. Frankincense is made from a tree in the Boswellia family.

Dr Jacobs is convinced by the medical data supporting the effects of frankincense and myrrh and believes it to be the most effective combination of all plant extract formulations for anti ...

Our ancestors were intimately aware of the beneficial effects of plant extracts for the treatment ... Thus, in ancient times, frankincense and myrrh were commonly used together to relieve post ...

Frankincense, like myrrh, was highly prized—thought to be ... collects clippings from wild trees, plants the clippings in his nursery, and pays men to water the saplings by hand.

Frankincense and myrrh, aromatic resins from spindly trees, were once highly prized from Rome to India, and deemed essential for a host of uses ranging from religious to cosmetic to medicinal.

Gold, frankincense and myrrh have been exported from the region ... "They cut down all the plants when they clear areas for mining. They damage the roots of the trees when they dig for gold.

The second is frankincense — an expensive oil used for ceremonies in the temple — signing Jesus’ intercessory role as the great high priest for his people. Lastly, they brought myrrh — a ...

To do that, Ibrahim turned to frankincense and myrrh -- two exports from Somaliland, an autonomous region in northern Somalia. “This came from a dream, and I approached my wife and said ...