Stops on the

Incense Road

 

Gaza(Jenysos)
Elusa
Ruheiba
Obodat
Wadi Fiqreh
Wadi Arabah
Sela
Rekem, (Petra)
Ayl
Gryn
Hawara
Wadi Rumm

Al Uyaynah

Northern Desert Trek

Tayma
Meda'in Saleh

Dedan

Khaybar
Medina

Southern Desert Trek
Najran
Sa'ada

Yathul
Marib (Saba)
Timna (Qatraban)
Shibam(Hadramaut)
Ubar

 

Further Information

Camels

The Incense Sea Route

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information on Tayma click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tayma is a desert oasis in Saudi Arabia. In the center of the oasis is a large well, thought to be around 2,500 years old. (Bir Haddaj). It is mentioned in the Bible: "The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled." (Isa 21:14.7) Tayma has long been a stopping place for caravans crossing the deserts of Arabia.

Above photo by Silvija Seres, 2002. Used with Permission. Please visit her travel site (http://www.silvija.net)

Above photo by Silvija Seres, 2002. Used with Permission. Please visit her travel site (http://www.silvija.net)

Above: Water from the cistern was pulled up by camels. Each camel walked a track pulling a bucket of water from below. Photo by Silvija Seres, 2002. Used with Permission. Please visit her travel site (http://www.silvija.net)

 

The famous Tayma stones, inscribed in the Aramaic of two millenia or longer ago, are now in the Louvre, but thousands of other inscriptions of pre-Islamic Thamudic script have been found in the area and are stored in the city museum.