Silphium (also known as laserwort or laser; Ancient Greek: σίλφιον, sílphion) is an unidentified plant that was used in classical antiquity as a seasoning...
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Ferula drudeana (section Silphium hypothesis)
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...
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Heart symbol (section Similar shapes from antiquity)
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...
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Silphium is an unidentified plant recorded in classical antiquity, believed extinct. Silphium or Silphion can also refer to: Silphium (genus) of North...
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Wallonia Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous, a lecture series Silphium (antiquity), an extinct plant which produced the resin laser Atom laser All...
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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...
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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...
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Childbirth and obstetrics in classical antiquity (here meaning the ancient Greco-Roman world) were studied by the physicians of ancient Greece and Rome...
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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...
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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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Israelites Peaches of Immortality in Chinese mythology Pill of Immortality Silphium Soma and Haoma, a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic peoples...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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montana) Shiso (Perilla frutescens) Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) Silphium, silphion, laser, laserpicium, sorado (Ancient Roman cuisine, Ancient Greek...
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refresh_ce=1 Philip Kenrick. Tripolitania: Libya Archaeological Guides. Silphium Press, London, 2009. 224 pages. pp. 152–157. The Conquest of North Africa...
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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...
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Kenrick 2013, p. 111-112. Kenrick, Philip M. (2013). Cyrenaica. London: Silphium Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 9781900971140. "Qasr al-Abyad". Heritage Gazetteer...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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oysters from Brittany, garum from Mauretania, wild game from Tunisia, silphium (laser) from Cyrenaica, flowers from Egypt, lettuce from Cappadocia, and...
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Kenrick, Philip (2013). Cyrenaica. Libya Archaeological Guides. Vol. 2. Silphium Press. ISBN 978-1-900971-14-0. Stucchi, Sandro (1976). Architettura cirenaica...
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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...
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Kenrick, Philip (2013). Cyrenaica. Libya Archaeological Guides. Vol. 2. Silphium Press. ISBN 978-1-900971-14-0. Luni, Mario (2014). La scoperta di Cirene:...
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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...
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could have claimed the estate." The ancient Greeks relied upon the herb silphium as an abortifacient and contraceptive. The plant, as the chief export of...
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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...
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