Another important catchment area is next door: the United Arab Emirates ... of a fourth-century frankincense port called Sumhuram which boomed centuries before Oman's present-day oil and gas ...

This is frankincense country – the Dhofar region of southern Oman – home to Boswellia sacra ... museum and grip the wheel of a baghla, an Arab sailing vessel, reproduced life-size.

By many estimations, the southwest coast of Oman offers the best frankincense on earth. The sap from the native boswellia is tapped just before the summer monsoons, which many say they believe ...

As you enter through the resort’s fort-like wooden doors, you are greeted with the heady smell of frankincense – often ...

For millennia, frankincense has been harvested in this region of Oman and traded to far-flung places such as Mesopotamia, Rome and India. The ancient Egyptians used it for mummification ...

The Land of Frankincense (LoF) World Heritage site is composed of four archaeological sites related to the antique trade of Frankincense and other luxury items across the Dhofar province of Oman: ...

Far from it. Trade in frankincense flourished for centuries, up until around 700AD in parts of the Middle East and Africa – and today is commonly burnt in households in Oman, a country that ...

While Oman is known for frankincense or ‘desert tears,’ the ... separated from the rest of the country by the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf of Oman — it’s an extraordinary place ...

Criterion (iii): The group of archaeological sites in Oman represent the production and distribution of frankincense, one of the most important luxury items of trade in the Old World in Antiquity.

Muscat: The National Centre for Statistics and Information revealed that the frankincense export from the Sultanate of Oman reached RO 239,100, an increase of 148 per cent, in 2021 compared to the ...

From magical nights in the Wahibi desert to an authentic Frankincense wellness ritual, a journey through Muscat proves to be one for the senses. ByAngelina Villa-Clarke, Contributor. Forbes ...