Mamshit declared by UNESCO as World Heritage Site, part of the declaration of the Negev section of the old Incense Route from Arabia to the Mediterranean. Mamshit founded by the Nabateans in the 1st century BCE, served as road station on the Incense Route, become part of the Roman Empire in 106 AD, converted to Christianity in the 4 th century. In the 7 th century, before and after the Muslims conquest in 636 AD, the city declined until complete abandonment. The place was deserted until the British mandate when a police station constructed on the top of the hill. During the 1 st century AD, the Roman Empire open a new incense route from Arabia, through the Red Sea to Egypt which causes the Nabatean trade to decline. The Mamshit inhabitants changed their economy to agriculture and horse breeding. At Mamshit a new breed of horses was raised, which later became known as the famous Arabian horse. Today you can see the city wall the gates, the two Byzantine churches, renovated Nabatean market, horse stables, dwellings, mansion, water collection system and the British police station.