“AlUla dates back to the Nabataean era,” says Ahmed. “It was one of the main trade centres along the Incense Road, connecting Arabia to the Mediterranean.” Its strategic location made it ...

Such plenty, watered within these oases, encouraged people to settle. By at least 2,500 years ago, the AlUla valley served as a transit point for long-distance trade. Archaeologist Abdulrahman ...

5. Ancient Rituals-Yoga on the Incense Road Reconnect with your mind, body, and soul by practicing yoga on the historic Incense Road. This peaceful yoga session allows you to stretch and meditate ...

The museum of the Incense Road will be the “world’s first museum dedicated to the millennia-old network of major land and sea trading routes, celebrating AlUla’s cultural legacy as a place ...

At the heart of the partnership is Dadan-once the capital of the Lihyanite and Dadanite civilizations, and a critical stop on the Incense Road, an ancient trade network that stretched from India ...

Photograph by Matthieu Paley 9 min read The ancient city of Dadan, in a remote corner of North West Arabia on the famed Incense Road of antiquity, is mentioned in three bibles, yet little is known ...

And that these kingdoms controlled the trade along the Incense Road — the collective name given to a web of trade routes leading from southern Arabia, where frankincense was harvested ...

The Nabataeans, an enigmatic ancient tribe mentioned numerous times in the bible in various forms, controlled trade routes along most of the middle east Incense Road. This fascinating way ...

A strategic hub along various ancient trade routes, the city became synonymous with the Incense Road, a network stretching from the Mediterranean to India. The Dadan people had their own writing ...

resulted in new evidence of the existence of the Incense Road, which was as important to the civilization of the West as the Silk Road was to that of the East. When Zarins and his team explored ...

Bookings for a newly unveiled boutique hotel that takes inspiration from the neighboring mud and stone houses in AlUla, opened Friday, adding 30 rooms towards the 5,000 plus keys expected in the ...