2022年8月27日 · Silphium was used by the Romans as a form of herbal birth control. They used it so often, in fact, that the plant went extinct before the fall of the Roman Empire — or so we …

2024年12月13日 · The “miracle” plant Silphium consumed by Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, which was thought to have become extinct two thousand years ago, has recently …

2023年7月10日 · Silphium (also known as laser) was an uncultivated plant that grew in Cyrene, North Africa (modern Shahhat, Libya) and became the cash crop of the region of Cyrenaica …

2022年6月7日 · An aphrodisiac and an effective birth control, silphium was one of the most valuable plants in Ancient Rome. Lost to modern times, could it still be out there?

2022年2月2日 · Nearly 2000 years ago, the city of Cyrene in Northern Africa (modern day Libya) had one plant to thank for its status as one of the richest cities in the land. It was known as …

Once upon a time in ancient Rome, there was an edible plant known as “Silphium”. It was believed to possess the unusual and highly desirable qualities of being both a contraceptive …

Today, silphium is nowhere to be found and, for that reason, considered to be extinct. First, it is important to establish that the silphium referred to in this article is not the genus Silphium …

2023年9月1日 · Among them was a golden plant that grew on long thick stalks called silphium, or silphion. The plant treated coughs and fevers, functioned as a perfume, and was even used as …

2021年7月10日 · According to one legend, Silphium was first discovered after a “black” rain swept across the east coast of Libya over two and a half millennia ago. The herb spread its broad …

2024年5月6日 · Silphium's intriguing tale of an ancient contraceptive plant with profound historical and cultural implications. Could it have inspired the heart symbol?