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The word is derived from "bakhoor", incense. The mabkhara was traditionally made from clay or soft stone. Most mabkharas (or mabakhir, the Arabic plural) have a square pedestal base with inward sloping sides which support a square cup with outward sloping sides. The wooden base is often carved out to form legs.
Qustul (Arabic: قسطل, romanized: Qusṭul) is an archaeological cemetery located on the eastern bank of the Nile in Lower Nubia, just opposite of Ballana near the Sudan frontier. The site has archaeological records from the A-Group culture , the New Kingdom of Egypt and the X-Group culture .
A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form. They vary greatly in size, form, and material of construction, and have been in use since ancient times throughout the world.
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Use of incense was abandoned in the Church of England by the turn of the 19th century [12] and was later thought to be illegal. [13] [14] Today, the use of incense in an Anglican church is a fairly reliable guide to churchmanship, that is, how 'high' (more Catholic in liturgical style) or how 'low' (more Reformed) the individual church is. [15]
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Tibetan rope or twist style stickless incense, pictured in a cast-iron miniature cauldron in which such incense can be safely burned. Rope incense or Tibetan incense is made in Tibet, Northern parts of Nepal, and Bhutan. [1] Incense is an important representation of the Tibetan culture. These incenses have a characteristic "earthy" or herbal ...