Oman’s ‘white gold’: Sniffing out the Incense Route

Share this article Mystical, pure and precious, frankincense is more than just an aroma. Emma Thomson follows the Incense Route in Oman to explore its 6,000-year-old story, and how its discovery changed this part of the world. The smoke coils around the man’s sandaled feet like a cobra, slowly snaking inside his long white dishdasha […]