Ḥiṣn al-Ghurāb (Arabic:"Crow Castle"), old Cane , historical Bergstätte on the south coast of Arabia in southern Yemen . On the top of the mountain are the ruins of an old castle, a watchtower, cisterns and other structures. On flat ground immediately north of the mountain are the remains of Cane, a port and transit point for the Arab incense trade and goods shipped between Egypt and India during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods were traded.
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