Virtual session held by Oman's National Museum on Land of Frankincense

Muscat: The National Museum organised a virtual session to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the inscription of the Land of Frankincense in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The National Museum, represented by the Learning and Community Outreach Department alongside the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, organised a virtual session, to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the inscription of the Land of Frankincense in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The session took place through the Zoom app with participation of Mr. Ali bin Salem al-Kathiri, Director of the Land of Frankincense Sites Department at the General Directorate of Heritage and Tourism in Dhofar Governorate.

It’s worth mentioning that the Land of Frankincense gallery is one of the Prehistory and Ancient History galleries in the museum, as it showcases the long-distance trade in frankincense during the 3rd millennium BCE, types of frankincense and ancient incense burners.