Containing anti-inflammatory compounds, frankincense may slow tumour growth in some types of leukaemia and help treat other ...

Frankincense is a resin or essential oil (concentrated plant extraction) with a rich history as an incense, perfume, and medicine. Derived from Boswellia trees, it still plays a role in the Roman ...

Frankincense production is difficult to regulate, since most of the trees are on tribal land, but even so Bongers is seeing a move toward farmer-run organizations, as well as the establishment of ...

Frankincense has long been mixed with various spices to form incense, and myrrh was used by the ancient Egyptians as an embalming agent. Both have been promoted as cures for a variety of ailments ...

Frankincense is the dried sap of trees in the Boswellia genus. "There are about 50 species of these trees," said Ahmed Ali, an honorary research fellow at the University of Cardiff in the U.K.

Frankincense is harvested by making cuts in the tree bark during the dry season. A cut is made every two or three weeks, and the resin that emerges to heal it is collected.

Frankincense and myrrh are perhaps best known for their biblical connotations. But this tree sap has been prized across the world for over 6,000 years.

The Magi, the three wise men, famously offered the baby Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. We can still understand why they brought gold, but what Mary and Joseph were meant to do with ...

An off-the-radar showcase during Milan Design Week spotlighted one of the latest works Italian design genius Gaetano Pesce developed with Omani fragrance house Amouage before he passed away last year.

Scientists predict a 50% decline in frankincense harvests over the next 20 years. Gold is probably fine, and we're not sure about myrrh, but frankincense appears to in trouble.

Material on the altars of the shrine, which was originally at Tel Arad in the Beersheba Valley, was found to include cannabis and frankincense. The shrine, which dates back to around 750 to 715 B ...