Profit made the desert crossing worthwhile, and the Incense Route through AlUla stimulated the growth of oasis cities like Dadan and Hegra. Then the routes shifted, the incense trade slowed, ...

A newly-opened Smithsonian exhibit holds 2,000-year-old artifacts revealing a civilization in its golden age, with an incense trade that spanned the known world from Rome to India ...

Thousands of years ago, Al-'Ulā (commonly spelled Al-Ula and AlUla today) was an important walled city in the desert of Saudi ...

An institution for contemporary art and another dedicated to the incense trade route are the first "cultural assets” launched as part of the region's 15-year plan. Search.