The smell of frankincense – a hard-to-pin-down, piquant-woody aroma – wafts around the maze-like lanes of the centuries-old Muttrah Souk in Muscat. In every other store, terracotta pots are piled high ...

The sun is blazing and the air is hot, dry and dusty. Gazing out over the horizon, there’s nothing but parched, rocky land as far as the eye can see in any direction, except for the strange-looking ...

Centuries before oil became the currency of power in West Asia and post-Ottoman Arab fraternity its lever, another commodity earned the region fortune and fame in equal measure. Its importance ...

Salalah is the second largest city situated in the Dhofar governorate in the south of the Sultanate of Oman. It is a ruggedly beautiful region with a rich history rooted in the ancient frankincense ...

Series in which intrepid presenter Kate Humble follows the ancient frankincense trade route of Arabia across the amazing modern world of the Middle East. Kate's journey along the 2,000-mile trail that ...

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