A Christmas tradition that can be traced back to the story of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem is the exchange of gifts. The Bible records that wise men took him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Gold ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cancer surgeon and researcher Nancy DeMore is leading a clinical trial using frankincense to try to treat breast and colon cancer at the Medical University of South Carolina. The study was inspired by ...

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 ...

The arid Dawkah valley is home to one of Oman's most prized resources: not oil or gas but frankincense trees, their fragrant sap harvested for millennia by residents who call it "white gold". Located ...

In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 photo, Guy Erlich holds a jar of Frankincense honey at his farm near Almog, an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in the Jordan Valley, in the West Bank. Erlich is cashing ...

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's location in a ...