Searching for Silphium: An Updated Review
From luxury spice to medical cure-all, silphium was a product coveted throughout the ancient world and occupied an essential place in the export economy of ancient Cyrene. The mysterious extinction of the silphium plant in the 1st century CE leaves us with little evidence as to the exact nature of t...
Main Authors: | Lisa Briggs, Jens Jakobsson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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Series: | Heritage |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/2/51 |
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