05The story
A story in stone and mud
Bronze Age tombs, ports for frankincense and sea trade, and forts of mud and stone: milestones in Oman's heritage.
c. 3000 BC
Copper trade at Bat, and its domed stone tombs from the 3rd millennium BC.
2200–1900 BC
A Bronze Age harbour at Ras al-Jinz, with pottery from the Indus Valley.
3rd century BC
Sumhuram founded at Khor Rori as a frankincense port.
12th–15th centuries
Bahla Fort built of mud brick and straw.
1580s
Al Jalali Fort built above Old Muscat's harbour.
1650s
Nizwa Fort built with its great round tower.
1987
Bahla Fort becomes Oman's first World Heritage site.
2000
The Land of Frankincense joins the World Heritage List.
2006
Five aflaj join the World Heritage List.
2016
The National Museum opens in Muscat.
2018
The ancient city of Qalhat joins the World Heritage List.