Travel Reference
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Cultural Riches
It's hard to think of Arabia without conjuring the Queen of Sheba holding court at Ma'rib
in Yemen; camel caravans bearing frankincense from Dhofar in Oman; dhows laden with
pearls from Dilmun; the ruins of empire in Saudi Arabia's Madain Saleh. The caravans
and the dhows may be plying different trades these days, but the lexicon of
The Thousand
and One Nights
that brought Sheherazade's exotic, vulnerable world to the West, still
helps define the Peninsula today. Visit a fort, barter in a souq or step into labyrinthine al-
leyways and you'll immediately discover the perennial magic of Arabia.
