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.
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.