Arabia has always held a deep fascination for me. As a child, I remember reading about Wilfred Thesiger’s exploits in the Saudi Arabian deserts with a sense of longing. I dreamed of exploring them ...

A new study of trash heaps at rest stops along the ancient Incense Route in the Negev Desert shows it was a two-way street for trade. Contrary to previously held theories, the intrepid camel merchants ...

Israeli archaeologists have made a stunning historical discovery: a Hasmonean king conquered Gaza and the Negev, and for decades prevented the Nabateans of 2,000 years ago from using the Incense Road.

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now, Friday Focus and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. At 86 ...

A team of researchers affiliated with the Palace Museum, the Famen Temple Museum and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, all in China, has conducted an analysis of ancient incense found at ...

They had called it a ‘vast open-air library’ before we got there. But that hadn’t quite prepared me for the sight of thousands of inscriptions carved into the sandstone surfaces of mountainsides in ...

Undated file photo shows the archaeological site of the underground palace in Famen Temple in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Chemical analyses conducted by Chinese researchers found that incense ...