Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction (David Peacock and David Williams)
The incense kingdoms of Yemen: An outline history of the south Arabian Incense trade (Caroline Singer)
Basalt as ships' ballast and the Roman incense trade (David Peacock, David Williams and Sarah James)
The Port of Qana' and the incense trade (Alexander Sedov)
Frankincense in the 'triangular' Indo-Arabian-Roman aromatics trade (Sunil Gupta)
Incense in Mithraic ritual: the evidence of the finds (Joanna Bird)
Incense and the port of Adulis (David Peacock and Lucy Blue)
Frankincense and myrrh today (Myra Shackley)
Bibliography

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Reviews

it is gratifying to see the field of South Arabian archaeology and the incense routes that formed part of that network being explored with exemplary new sources of data.' -- Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies Peacock, Williams and Sarah James research sheds fascinating light on the spatial and historical development of this ancient trade. Sedovs presentation on Qana will become the definitive description of the site; it is not only a scholarly masterpiece but also immensely readable.' -- The British-Yemeni Society Journal The British-Yemeni Society Journal