Cinnamon

Cinnamon in Ancient Egypt


 * Egyptian Name:**

//Ty-sps// or //Khet nedjem// ("Sweet Wood")

A common ingredient in Egyptian perfumes, flavorings, and ointments, cinnamon was used to "make the smell of the house or dress more pleasant." Ramses III offered 1 log, 246 measures, and 82 bundles of cinnamon to the Temple of Amun. The body was treated with cinnamon during mummification - mummies have been found with the scent of cinnamon still clinging to them. A medical recipe to treat scorpion stings calls for cinnamon oil to be mixed with bruised green figs.

Herbs in Ancient Egypt

Fiber and Oil Plants