Frankincense

Welcome to the first of three holiday-themed episodes! Thanks for the suggestion, Mom. This week’s subject is Frankincense. Not a plant, exactly, but a plant product that has enormous importance in human history and culture.

Music by James Milor from Pixabay

Information provided by:

1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/frankincense


2. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/frankincense-trees-declining-overtapping


3. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/science/frankincense-trees-collapse.html?smid=nytcore-android-share


4. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2009.1472.1479


5. https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/boswellia


6. https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/brief-history-frankincense