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🏜️ Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev: Mamshit

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🏜️ Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev: Mamshit
Nabataean trading city in the Negev Desert, Israel


🕐 2 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 23:51

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📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Negev Desert near Dimona, southern Israel
  • Period: 1st century BCE to 7th century CE
  • Function: Nabataean trading post on the Incense Route
  • UNESCO inscription: 2005

Mamshit is a Nabataean trading city in the Negev Desert that served as a waystation along the ancient ...

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