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  2. Frankincense - Wikipedia

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    The English word frankincense derives from the Old French expression franc encens, meaning 'true incense', maybe with the sense of 'high quality incense'. [4] [2] The adjective franc in Old French meant 'noble, true', in this case perhaps 'pure'; although franc is ultimately derived from the tribal name of the Franks, it is not a direct reference to them in the word francincense.

  3. Incense offering in rabbinic literature - Wikipedia

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    His opinion, however, is rejected by the fact that there is a 6th-century Greek reference to the use of ambergris, under the name of "ambra." [46] See: Aëtius of Amida (502–575 CE), Tetrabiblos: Sixteen Books on Medicine, I.131. Ambergris figures largely in ancient records mentioning fragrances used in making perfumes and in burning incense ...

  4. Spice use in antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Use of cinnamon by soaking cinnamon leaves produced a product that sweetened the breath and scented clothing. [8] An ancient perfume amphora found in the ruins in Ephesus from the 2nd century CE. Frankincense was also used as a sacred perfume to fumigate houses due to its known medicinal uses for bronchitis and coughs, swellings, and dental ...

  5. Incense offering - Wikipedia

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    Model of the Golden Altar. The incense offering (Hebrew: קְטֹרֶת ‎ qəṭōreṯ) in Judaism was related to perfumed offerings on the altar of incense in the time of the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temple period, and was an important component of priestly liturgy in the Temple in Jerusalem.

  6. Religious use of incense - Wikipedia

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    Incense smoke wafts from huge burners in Lhasa, Tibet.. The first recorded use of incense was by the Indians in the Indus Valley Civilisation in 3600 BC. Egyptians during the Fifth Dynasty, 2345-2494 BC were the first in the non-Asian world to discover the use of incense, which was used by Hindus for centuries by the time of the 5th Dynasty.

  7. Ebers Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    This treatment was said to get rid of the ghosts and demons that were causing the pain. [17] This remedy likely reduced the pain by cold compression of the head. [18] Headaches: Combine the inner of an onion, fruit of the am tree, natron, setseft seeds, cooked bones of a swordfish, cooked redfish, cooked crayfish skull, honey, and abra ointment ...