Khor Rori — Local services in Dhofar Governorate

🛑 its A feast for history lovers ANCIENT ESTUARY PORT CITY OF HADRAMOUT FRANKINCENSE TRADE WITH INDIA AND EUROPE IN 1 BCE. MEETING POINT OF JINNS AND GHOSTS OF DHOFAR REGION. FELL UNDER MUKKARIBS OF MARIB OF SABA S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. POST SABA 2ND BCE KINGDOM OF HADRAMAWT BECAME INDEPENDENT EXTENDING WEST TILL RAMLAT DESERT, EAST TILL KHOR ROHRI WITH CAPITAL AT SHABWAT IN YEMEN. 60 TEMPLES EXCAVATED AT SHABWAT. AL - UQLAH ROCK INSCRIPTIONS NEAR SHABWAT TELL ABOUT A RITE OF THE HADRAMI KINGDOM OR A RITUAL BANQUET IN WHICH IMP GUESTS OF SURROUNDING KINGDOMS [ SABA, HIMYARS ] WERE INVITED BY KING ILAZZ YALUT OF HADRAMAWT IN THE 3RD CE. HADRAMAWT WERE INITIALLY ALLIES OF THE HIMYARITES AND HELPED THE HIMYARITE KING YASIR TO QUELL REBELLION IN HIMYAR IN 222 CE. OVERTAKEN BY THE JEWISH TRIBE OF HIMYARITES IN THE 3RD CENTURY CE. HIMYARITE KING ILAZZ YALUT FORTIFIED KHOR ROHRI AND TIGHTENED HIS GRIP OVER THE FRANKINCENSE SEA TRADE.

EXCAVATION OF ATATHAR TEMPLE AT TIMNA AND THE FAMOUS MAHRAM BILQUIS OR AWWAM TEMPLE AT MARIB WAS DONE BY THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF MAN [AFSM] UNDER WENDELL PHILIPS IN 1951-52. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH YEMEN IN 1950 WENDELL HAD TO FLEE YEMEN ABRUPTLY

PHILIPS, A FRIEND OF SULTAN OF OMAN SAID BIN TAIMUR STARTED EXCAVATIONS AT DHOFAR - KHOR ROHRI IN 1952 AFTER GETTING...

Khor Rori is a very scenic place with breathtaking views of the lake and the powerful Arabian Sea. Standing on the site of the ancient city of Sumhuram, once an important port in the frankincense trade, really feels like stepping back in time. The small museum offers a short video about the history and displays a few artifacts such as pottery and other findings, which helps bring the story of the place to life. It can easily be a self-guided tour if you take time to read the information boards, and the surrounding area adds to the experience with plenty of camels roaming around. You can even feed them near the lake, where there are also fish. Our kids were super excited to learn something new about the past of Oman while enjoying the natural beauty...

Khor Rori also known as Sumhuram is an old trade port, which was run between BC 300 to AD 500. Frankensince was the main trade item of the port. Several metal parts found from the site during excavation. The people lived on the fort believed in moon and there was a temple for moon inside the port. There was three main doors to enter to the fort, secured the fort with hige wooden doors. The fort parts visible there is rebuilded according to the archeologists and historians. Near to the fort there is an archeological museum located, having the findings from the fort also attracts...