Talk:Incense/Archive 2
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Production section needs citations
I'm very concerned about several aspects of this article, particularly the "Production" section. It is completely
First Nation peoples used incense as well red cedar and tobacco for example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.46.202.252 (talk) 04:42, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
Hindus and Egypt
I have doubts about this sentence: "About 3600 BC, Hindu travelers brought the use of incense to Egypt." It was supported by a citation to this book, page 169. The source is from Cambridge University Press, so I'm hesitant to question it, but I think I can at least say that the author is not an expert on ancient Egypt. The passage that supports the statement says, "It was the early Hindus who opened up the first trading routes to the west and particular to Arabia where only the cherished frankincense grew. There seems every reason to believe that the ancient Egyptians acquired the incense cult from the Hindu traders sometime around 3600 BC, for the earliest record of an Egyptian expedition to the incense land occurs in the notice of King Assa, Tet-ka-Ra, a king of the Eleventh Dynasty (3580–3536 BC), who sent an expedition through the desert to the Red Sea."
Now, the
I agree. I find it odd. Also I dont think there was too much contact with ancient Egyptians to ancient "Hindus" (pre Vedic period). At least I would think you would hear more about archeological evidence supporting such contacts. Well we do know Egyptian mummies were partly perserve with frankincense resin. So I assume ithey were also used as an incense as well. Now in terms of references. I have run into a case where suppose quotes from a particular book was totally fabricated ( I actually checked through the book myself and couldnt find any such qoutes. Dishonest huh?). (If someone has the actually book of the above qoute I hope they can verify.) So one should be aware of such acts. When and where ever possible one should double check qoutes and references. One also should keep in mind the credibility of certain authors. Some of them have questionable moltives or political agendas etc it happens unfortunatly.
Henry123ifa (talk) 04:15, 14 May 2012 (UTC)