The ruins of Sumhuram, Khor Rori, Dhofar OMAN

            The ruins of Sumhuram are far less extensive than those at Al Baleed, but have been much more thoroughly excavated and restored, while the lovely natural setting between coast and hills adds to the appeal. The ruins sit atop a small hill above the tranquil waters of Khor Rori: a neat rectangle of off-white buildings enclosed by impregnable walls made out of huge, roughly hewn slabs of limestone; the walls are more than 3m thick in places, and perhaps originally stood up to 10m high. Entrance to the city is via the remains of a small gateway, inside of which you’ll find two beautifully preserved inscriptions commemorating the foundation of the city, carved in the ancient South Arabic (or “Old Yemeni”) 
Khor Rori, ruins of an ancient South Arabian town, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, mouth of Wadi Darbat, between Mirbat and Salalah, Dhofar region, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula.
Inscriptions at Khor Rouri reports that the town, called "Sumhuram" , was founded on royal initiative and settled by Ḥadramite emigrants. Dhofar was the main source of frankincense in the ancient period, and it seems likely that the foundation of the settlement was in part motivated by a Ḥadramite wish to control the production of this valuable commodity.
In 2000 it was added to the Unesco world heritage list.
Today, visitors to the site can find Bronze Age fortifications from the small fortified town as well as a local palace ascribed to the Queen of Sheba.
 
see: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1010
   

Taken in: Oman / Dhofar / Sumhuran (show map)

Taken on: February 8, 2010

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