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Museum entrance The Museum of the Land of Frankincense (aka the Land of Frankincense Museum) is a museum in
Salalah Salalah () is the capital and largest city of the southern Omani Governorates of Oman, governorate of Dhofar Governorate, Dhofar. It has a population close to 331,949. Salalah is the third-largest city in the Sultanate of Oman, and the largest ...
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Dhofar Governorate The Dhofar Governorate () is the largest of the 11 Governorates of Oman, governorates in the Oman, Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen's Al Mahrah Governorate and the southern border wi ...
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Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...
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frankincense Frankincense, also known as olibanum (), is an Aroma compound, aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus ''Boswellia'' in the family (biology), family Burseraceae. The word is from Old French ('high-quality in ...
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Al-Baleed Archaeological Park Al-Baleed Archaeological Park is an archaeological park located in Al Balīd () of Salalah, Dhofar, Oman. It is a part of the Land of Frankincense in the UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. The ruins in the park belong to the medieval city o ...
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World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...
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Land of Frankincense The Land of Frankincense () is a site in Oman on the Incense trade route, Incense Road. The site includes frankincense trees, Khor Rori and the remains of a Caravan (travellers), caravan oasis, which were crucial to the medieval incense trade. T ...
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List of museums in Oman This is a list of museums in Oman. *Bait al Zubair *Land of Frankincense Museum *Muscat Gate Museum *Museum of Omani Heritage *National Museum of Oman *Oman Children's Museum *Oman Natural History Museum *Oman Oil and Gas Exhibition Centre *Oma ...


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The Land of Frankincense guide book
Land of Frankincense Museums with year of establishment missing History museums in Oman Buildings and structures in Salalah Places associated with incense {{Oman-museum-stub