Silphium (also known as laserwort or laser; Ancient Greek: σίλφιον, sílphion) is an unidentified plant that was used in classical antiquity as a seasoning...

of Turkey. It has been proposed as a candidate for the fabled silphium plant of antiquity. It is known from only three locations in Turkey, all[verification...

traditional heart symbol and images of the fruit of silphium, a (probably) extinct plant known to classical antiquity and belonging to the genus Ferula, used as...

Silphium is an unidentified plant recorded in classical antiquity, believed extinct. Silphium or Silphion can also refer to: Silphium (genus) of North...

Wallonia Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous, a lecture series Silphium (antiquity), an extinct plant which produced the resin laser Atom laser All...

Tunisia. It has been proposed as a candidate for the plant known in antiquity as silphium and gone extinct in Libya in the 5th century. "Thapsia gummifera...

medicinal spices was used as early as the 7th century BCE and was known as Silphium, a plant that went extinct in the 1st century CE. Many spices originated...

Childbirth and obstetrics in classical antiquity (here meaning the ancient Greco-Roman world) were studied by the physicians of ancient Greece and Rome...

result of successive waves of immigration and the export of horses and silphium, a medicinal plant. By the fifth century BC, they had expanded their control...

ground so as to not father a child with his deceased brother's wife Tamar. Silphium, a species of giant fennel native to north Africa, may have been used as...

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identity for the controversial silphium, a plant used as a spice and for various medical purposes in classical antiquity in the Mediterranean region. Among...

economy based almost entirely on the production and export of the plant silphium, which had uses ranging from food to a salve for feral dog bites. It was...

allude to what was likely a “thriving oral culture of contraception.” Silphium was a plant that grew in the hills near the Greek city-state of Cyrene...

montana) Shiso (Perilla frutescens) Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) Silphium, silphion, laser, laserpicium, sorado (Ancient Roman cuisine, Ancient Greek...

refresh_ce=1 Philip Kenrick. Tripolitania: Libya Archaeological Guides. Silphium Press, London, 2009. 224 pages. pp. 152–157. The Conquest of North Africa...

barley, wheat, olive oil, wine, figs, apples, wool, sheep, cattle and silphium, a herb that grew only in Cyrenaica and was regarded as a medicinal cure...

Kenrick 2013, p. 111-112. Kenrick, Philip M. (2013). Cyrenaica. London: Silphium Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 9781900971140. "Qasr al-Abyad". Heritage Gazetteer...

the continent of Africa. Greek communities have existed in Africa since antiquity. Greeks have been present in Egypt since at least the 7th century BC....

especially their involvement in purchasing and exporting silphium, a medicinal herb of great value in antiquity, which grew only along a short stretch of the African...

rosemary. In the past the mountains probably also had the Silphium plant, which was treasured in antiquity but is now believed to be extinct. Honey is also found...

rule the economy prospered, based largely on the export of horses and silphium, a plant used for rich seasoning and medicine. Cyrene became a place of...

oysters from Brittany, garum from Mauretania, wild game from Tunisia, silphium (laser) from Cyrenaica, flowers from Egypt, lettuce from Cappadocia, and...

Tauchira) formed a pentapolis. The fertility of the land, the exportation of silphium, and its location between Carthage and Alexandria made it a magnet for...

and sea urchins. Other imported spices were saffron, cinnamon, and the silphium of Cyrene, a type of pungent fennel that was over-harvested into extinction...

Kenrick, Philip (2013). Cyrenaica. Libya Archaeological Guides. Vol. 2. Silphium Press. ISBN 978-1-900971-14-0. Stucchi, Sandro (1976). Architettura cirenaica...

Kenrick, Philip (2013). Cyrenaica. Libya Archaeological Guides. Vol. 2. Silphium Press. ISBN 978-1-900971-14-0. Luni, Mario (2014). La scoperta di Cirene:...

an engraving of Delphi, whilst the other has an engraving of a silphium plant. Silphium once formed the crux of trade from Cyranaica because of its use...

can appear as side effects of silphium. According to the ancient gynecological text On the Diseases of Women, silphium should be mixed with pepper, bull...

honey, acacia leaves and lint to be placed in the vagina to block sperm. Silphium, a species of giant fennel native to north Africa, may have been used as...