Incense Route

طريق البخور

An ancient trade network linking Najran, Al-Faw, Al-Ahsa, Tayma and AlUla through caravan routes, inscriptions, oases and markets.

📍9 stops

Route stops (9)

Archaeologicalنجران

Hima Cultural Area

Hima Cultural Area in Najran holds wells, rock art and inscriptions across millennia — a southern corridor of caravans and cultures.

Pre-Islamicنجران

Al-Ukhdud

Al-Ukhdud in Najran preserves a South Arabian cityscape linked to the Qur’anic “People of the Trench” and pre-Islamic trade routes.

Archaeologicalوادي الدواسر

Qaryat Al-Faw

Qaryat al-Faw (Dhat Kahil), south Najd at Wadi ad-Dawasir and Tuwaiq: Kindah’s capital and a full caravan city—UNESCO-listed in 2024.

Archaeologicalالجبيل (تقع غربها بنحو 90 كم)

Thāj

A walled Hellenistic city in eastern Arabia — the largest pre-Islamic archaeological site in the region, linked by scholars to the lost city of Gerrha.

Disputed locationغير محدد (يُرجّح قرب الهفوف/الأحساء أو ثاج أو العُقير)

Gerrha

A great ancient trading city of eastern Arabia mentioned by Greek and Roman sources — its exact location remains debated among Thaj, al-Ahsa, and Uqair.

Archaeologicalالأحساء

Al-Ahsa

Al-Ahsa Oasis in eastern Arabia—the largest date-palm oasis, with springs, canals, and heritage fabric—UNESCO World Heritage since 2018.

Pre-Islamicتيماء

Tayma

Ancient Tayma in northwest Saudi Arabia—an oasis behind the great Dair wall and a station of Babylon’s king Nabonidus—one of Arabia’s greatest ancient cities.

Pre-Islamicالعُلا

Dadan

The archaeological zone at al-Ula associated with the ancient kingdom of Lihyan and its capital, Dadan.

Archaeologicalالعُلا

Hegra

Al-Hijr (Hegra/Mada’in Salih) north of AlUla—the largest Nabataean site south of Petra, UNESCO-listed in 2008 as Saudi Arabia’s first World Heritage property.

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1Hima Cultural Areaنجران

2Al-Ukhdudنجران

3Qaryat Al-Fawوادي الدواسر

4Thājالجبيل (تقع غربها بنحو 90 كم)

5Gerrhaغير محدد (يُرجّح قرب الهفوف/الأحساء أو ثاج أو العُقير)

6Al-Ahsaالأحساء

7Taymaتيماء

8Dadanالعُلا

9Hegraالعُلا