'Origins of the Frankincense Trade'

BOS

December 6 2019

On Thursday the 6th of December, The British Omani Society hosted Ali Alkathiri, since 2004 he has been working for the Office of the Adviser to His Majesty the Sultan for Cultural Affairs, Diwan of the Royal Court and is also the Director of the Museum of the Land of Frankincense in Salalah. Ali gave a lecture on ‘Origins of the Frankincense Trade’ by exploring frankincense through a historical lens from the Dhofar region. His lecture looked at frankincense trade routes by land and sea around the world and their different uses including religion and medicine. Ali also focused on different historical sites in Dhofar including Al-Baleed, Khor Rori/Sumhuram, Wadi Dawkah (Natural Park of Frankincense Trees), Wubar which have been linked to the frankincense trade. Now that UNESCO has listed them as world heritage sites, we hope that more people will carry out more research in this fascinating field. We thank Ali Alkathiri for coming to the Society to give us an eye-opening lecture! 

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