Frankincense sounds ancient—and that’s exactly why it’s trending again. Once reserved for religious rituals and traditional ...

The Gospel of Matthew never details how many Magi came from "the East," but it makes it clear they traveled to pay homage to "the newborn king of the Jews" and "offered him gifts of gold, frankincense ...

Mention frankincense, and it’s hard not to instantaneously think of Christmas. Cited in the story of the birth of Christ in the Bible’s Book of Matthew, it was one of the precious gifts (alongside ...

Around the holidays, we are reminded of the most famous gifts in history, frankincense and myrrh, carried by the wise men. Today, perfumes, incense and candles are often infused with these two ...

The resin’s sweet and musky scent has been added to items like sunscreen and ice cream. By David Belcher Frankincense has a long history in gift giving, all the way back to the pharaohs of Egypt, ...

ALMOG, West Bank – An Israeli farmer has cashed in by making exotic honey from a rare tree that produces frankincense — the resin once worth its weight in gold and venerated in the Bible. But the farm ...

WHEN the three wise men rocked up at the baby Jesus' crib, they brought three gifts - gold, frankincense and myrrh. But although they might sound like bizarre birthday gifts to a newborn to us, they ...

Pope Francis burns incense as he celebrates Mass marking the feast of Corpus Christi in Ostia, a suburb of Rome, in this June 3, 2018, file photo. Conflict, climate change and poverty are driving the ...