Archaeological frankincense
Evershed, R. P. ; van Bergen, P. F. ; Peakman, T. M. ; Leigh-Firbank, E. C. ; Horton, M. C. ; Edwards, D. ; Biddle, M. ; Kjølbye-Biddle, B. ; Rowley-Conwy, P. A.
[s.l.] : Macmillan Magazines Ltd.
Published 1997
[s.l.] : Macmillan Magazines Ltd.
Published 1997
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1476-4687
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Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
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Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
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[Auszug] Frankincense, or olibanum, obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, is the best known of the aromatic gum resins used throughout the world as incense in religious ceremonies. The earliest archaeological evidence for the burning of incense comes from the Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt, where ...
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