A discussion over a college lunch in the summer led to a team of historians and scientists buying the necessary ingredients and recreating the incense The scent of 10th Century incense has been wafted ...

Despite being a cornerstone of ancient Chinese culture, the art of incense fell out of everyday use as mass production and ...

A predatory sea snail could be the source of a mystery ingredient in a holy incense recipe detailed in the Old Testament. Murex whelks were just one of many suspected sources, but there was no ...

When Yang Jinqing takes out his bag of tools, people around him are usually in for a treat. As his fingers dance among the delicate tools, ranging from a mortar and pestle to a ruler and a special ...

Li Shiliang recently gave away free herbal incense made from more than 10 tons of traditional Chinese medicinal ingredients to the public, including to medical workers and police officers in Beijing.

The scent of 10th Century incense has been wafted around a chapel after scientists recreated it using a recently rediscovered recipe. Prof Philippa Hoskin first spotted the recipe, written in Latin on ...