Myrrh Myrrh—isolated from the dried resin in the bark ... The Egyptians used it to embalm mummies. The small tree is aromatic ...

Horticulturists are celebrating the growth of a 1,000 year old Tsori seed, discovered nearly 30 years ago, which is believed ...

Myrrh is a resin derived from the Commiphora tree, used in the ancient world for perfume, anointing oil, and embalming. In biblical times, it was highly valued and played a significant role in both ...

After all, were it not for the 19th-century monarch, we might not celebrate Christmas with a well-appointed fir tree. Though people across the globe had been decorating temples and domestic ...

18. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) helped turn public opinion away from aluminum tree sales, as the titular character was ...

Now, after 14 years of careful cultivation, that seed has grown into a unique tree that might just answer a Biblical riddle. The plant is a previously unknown species of Commiphora. This tree ...

It becomes part of the Earth’s natural carbon cycle, eventually escaping back into the atmosphere when the trees die before eventually being reabsorbed again by some other natural landscape.