http://www.express.co.uk/news/history/544750/Magi-three-wise-men-nativity
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Guided by a bright new star in the East the Three Wise Men – also known as the Magi or the Three Kings – travel to pay homage to the newborn Jesus in a Bethlehem stable. Despite the iconic Christmas carol We Three Kings Of Orient Are, the Bible does not say how many men there were, nor that they were kings.
Melchior was King of Arabia, with long white hair, a white beard and wearing a gold cloak; Gaspar (or Caspar), King of Sheba, had brown hair and wore a green cloak and gold crown studded with emeralds; Balthazar was King of Tarse and Egypt, had dark skin and wore a purple cloak.
Incense and myrrh are aromatic resins harvested from a particular species of tree and not be confused with the paste used on mass-produced incense sticks, which is often derived from powdered bark.
True frankincense is the product of Boswellia sacra, a scrubby deciduous tree that rarely exceeds 20 feet and grows in the arid foothills of Arabia, mainly in present-day Yemen and Oman and in Somalia.
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