Thursday, September 16, 2010

Samhram the ancient city



Location: Salalah- Samahram
Date: July 2010

The picutre was captured in a ancient city called Samahram located in "Taqa" which is 40km away from Salalah city in the southern region of the Sultnate of Oman. This ancient city was an important port for "Frankincense"  trading from Oman to neighbouring countries like incinet India and Egypt.
Many archieological findings have been revleaed from this site, these include a temple, ancient money and other ancient ruins. the city was mentioned in greek manuscripts dating back ot the first and second cenuries.

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