Saturday, 22 February 2020

Used for millennia as a perfume and panacea, frankincense was once prized more than gold.





Burned for purification, frankincense suggested divinity, and passing around an incense burner after a meal is considered a mark of hospitality (Credit: Christopher Baker)




Used for 6,000 years as a perfume and panacea, frankincense (from the Old French ‘franc encens’, meaning ‘pure i

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