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 ...

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 ...

But today, I’m wearing the lightest linen outfit I could find, as I bathe in the desert heat of the Shangri-La Al Husn’s private frankincense ... across the Oman-United Arab Emirates border.

As you enter through the resort’s fort-like wooden doors, you are greeted with the heady smell of frankincense – often referred to as luban in Oman. As the scented plumes rise from a brass ...

This becomes immediately clear on my first trip to the Sultanate of Oman, the epicentre of frankincense. The mystical, rich scent of frankincense (known locally as luban) is unavoidable in Oman.

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

“Frankincense is something that is deeply tooted in our culture – we cook with it, we use it for remedies, we scent our homes with it – just like we have done for hundreds of years.” A short, ...