Posted on 08/20/2013 9:55:09 AM PDT by Renfield
How far would you go to get your cinnamon fix? If you lived in the Levant 3,000 years ago (a region that includes modern day Israel), very far indeed new research indicates.
Researchers analyzing the contents of 27 flasks from five archaeological sites in Israel that date back around 3,000 years have found that 10 of the flasks contain cinnamaldehyde, the compound that gives cinnamon its flavor, indicating that the spice was stored in these flasks.
At this time cinnamon was found in the Far East with the closest places to Israel being southern India and Sri Lanka located at least 3,000 miles (nearly 5,000 kilometers) away. A form of it was also found in the interior of Africa, but does not match the material found in these flasks....
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Ping
They could analyze the contents of my spice rack, and find ‘Durkee’ tins very nearly as old.
Exodus 30:22-25: The Lord said to Moses, “Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane, and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin[a] of olive oil. And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
It was supposed to be smuggled into Gaza but the Israeli army blew up the tunnels and confiscated the cinnamon.
And just WHY is THIS “news”? The ancients had VAST trade routes that stretched around the knowed world(any YES China/India was part of that knowed world).
You can sail from India to Israel, provided you have a good enough convoy to fight off the inevitable pirates.
To Renfields credit, he didn’t place it under late breaking news.
known/NOT “knowed” ...sigh...
AND I did it TWICE...sigh...
Cave paintings of some teenage kid keeling over after snorting a handful of it?
The Spice Girls were Jewish? Then are Cinnabons kosher?
South-western India is also where the Jews sought refuge and protection from the Hindus when they fled the Crusaders and the Islamists, over the centuries.
The Portuguese persecuted the descendants of these Jews on the western coast of India during the Inquisition.
Look up ‘Jewish Copper Plates Cochin’ on Google. Cool history.
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Still true today...
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