The larger altar contained an assemblage of indicative triterpenes such as boswellic acid and norursatriene, which derives from frankincense. The additional presence of animal fat―in related compounds such as testosterone, androstene and ...

June 4, 2020 - Israel Antiquities Authority, Photo ... desert known as Tel Arad, archaeologists excavating an ancient Jewish shrine have found traces of burnt cannabis and frankincense on a pair of limestone altars, reports Kristen Rogers of ...

May 29, 2020 - Israeli researchers have analyzed organic residues from two altars of the 8th century BC shrine at the Biblical fortress of Arad and found that one of them contained frankincense that was mixed with animal fat for evaporation; on the other altar, ...

January 31, 2022 - A study published in Tel Aviv in 2020 reveals that Marijuana residues were found at the shrine of Tel Arad. The residues from two altars were analyzed at two labs, revealing Frankincense and, on one altar, Marijuana mixed with dung.

March 13, 2026 - The study reveals that on the smaller altar cannabis had been mixed with animal dung to facilitate heating, while the larger altar contained traces of frankincense that was mixed with animal fat to promote evaporation.

June 3, 2020 - Analysis of the residue on this altar revealed cannabis—including the psychoactive compounds thc and cbn, as well as cbd. This constitutes the first-ever discovery of drug use by the early Israelites.

A new study of the residue on two altars in the cultic shrine at Tel Arad has revealed the use of cannabis and frankincense in worship at the site. Tel Arad was a fortress that guarded the southern border of the kingdom of Judah from the 9th century to the 6th century BC.

April 27, 2023 - The study reveals that on the smaller altar cannabis had been mixed with animal dung to facilitate heating, while the larger altar contained traces of frankincense that was mixed with animal fat to promote evaporation.

CANNABIS AND FRANKINCENSE AT THE JUDAHITE SHRINE OF ARAD ... The upper floor, 30 cm higher, was detected only in the northwestern part of the debir. To · its south, the excavators found a smooth limestone slab fallen flat on the ground, bearing · remains of red color, believed to be a ...

May 28, 2020 - Analysis of the materials on two altars, now housed in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, found they contained cannabis and frankincense, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Tel Aviv.

June 26, 2020 - The study, published in Tel Aviv, demonstrated that through analysis of remains atop two altars from the Judahite Shrine at Tel Arad, west of the Dead Sea, scientists identified frankincense on one and cannabis on the other.

May 26, 2020 - The study reveals that on the smaller altar cannabis had been mixed with animal dung to facilitate heating, while the larger altar contained traces of frankincense that was mixed with animal fat to promote evaporation.

May 29, 2020 - ... On the larger altar, which like the smaller one is now at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, residue of frankincense was found, which the study noted was often burned as incense in cult activities.

The study reveals that on the smaller altar cannabis had been mixed with animal dung to facilitate heating, while the larger altar contained traces of frankincense that was mixed with animal fat to promote evaporation.

May 28, 2020 - This altar, along with a second altar on which frankincense was burned, stood at the entrance to a room where religious rites were presumably held inside a fortress of the biblical kingdom of Judah.

The larger altar contained an assemblage of indicative triterpenes such as boswellic acid and norursatriene, which derives from frankincense. The additional presence of animal fat―in related compounds such as testosterone, androstene and cholesterol―suggests that resin was mixed with it ...