Which of frankincense and myhrr is more pricey? What even are they, respectively?

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• ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Frankincense and myrrh are incenses you would burn in your house if you want to pollute your air with micro-particles and make your house smell like a middle-eastern souk.

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  • sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But which is technialm more valuable?

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    • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I only answered your question about what they are. I have no idea how much they’re worth. Probably too much if you don’t live in the middle-east, as you’d have to import that stuff I guess.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Both of them are just types of hardened tree resins, from two different types of trees that smell pleasant. I dont know what they were worth in biblical times, but they’re not quite as valuable today unless you sell essential oils or make perfumes.

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• hypnicjerk@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  news.wfu.edu/…/gifts-brought-to-the-baby-jesus-re…

  Many estimate that at that time, translated into modern money, frankincense would have cost $500 per pound. Myrrh would have cost $4,000 per pound.

  gold cost ~$4500 per pound on the date this article was published. the actual quantities offered as gifts are not included in the gospel.

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