Photo: www.ericamcneal.com Galbanum trade has been going on since the old and new Testaments. It was sourced largely from Mesopotamia and Turkey. Today, these countries continue to be major producers. Galbanum is not known to grow in Israel, and the Israeli...
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko Stacte holy incense, known in Hebrew as nataf, is one of the four ingredients in Holy Incense referred to in Exodus 35:34. As with most Biblical and other religious references to herbs and plants, the botany of the plant from which the spice,...
Agarwood in history is mentioned in ancient Indian, Chinese and Greek literture. It is a tropical evergreen agarwood species belonging to the genus Aquilaria and the family Thymelaceae. Agarwood perfume can be extracted from eight species belonging to this genus. The...
