A long ago as 3500 BC, the Ancient Egyptians wore using spices for flavouring their food, in cosmetics and in lotions for embalming their dead.. They believed lhat the spirit returned in rhe body of the deceased, so the todies of (heir pharaohs, queens and nobility were mummified and entombed with :heir worldly treasure*. ' Krom biblita references,'we icnow that the Queen of Sheba travelled from her homeland, Ethiopia, to visit (King Solomon in Jerusalem. His enormous wealth was due to the Tralfick of the spice merchants" and gifts of spices added to his treasure: 'All those who nought to hear hitn brought costly presents, including spices'.