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.

Tradition holds that the Magi brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to the infant Jesus on Jan. 6, now celebrated as Epiphany or "Little Christmas," as my babci — my grandmother — called this day.

Today these costly gifts given to gods, kings, messiahs and prophets can be found at Amazon.com at a cost of $13.96 for 10 milliliters of myrrh and $10.99 for a full pound of organic incense ...

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

By Lorraine Kiefer I love to read and write about two very ancient herbs frankincense and myrrh. It is usually only at this time of the year that we hear about them. You may wonder why they are ...

It goes far beyond the frankincense and myrrh you might remember smelling from a day in church. High quality incense can span a wide range of notes, often activated in inventive ways through the ...

A frankincense tree (‘Boswellia sacra’) in Oman. | Mauro Raffaelli, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 Extracting the sap for frankincense and myrrh is essentially the same process: Harvesters ...

Frankincense to offer have I; Incense owns a Deity nigh; Prayer and praising, voices raising, Worshipping God on high. Two thousand years ago, frankincense and myrrh were as valuable as gold , the ...

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 ...

Both frankincense and myrrh are good for things like oral health and skin care, according to Boswellness. you can buy their organic oils, resins, extracts, and hydrosol water online.