Leuke Kome (Greek: λευκή κώμη, lit. 'white village') [1] was a Nabataean port city located on the Incense Route. [2] It may have been in the vicinity of the village now known as Aynuna (Arabic: وادي عينونة), Saudi Arabia, but other theories suggest that it was located at al-Wajh.

Archaeological remains discovered here are identified by most researchers with the Nabataean port of Leuke Kome, mentioned by Strabo, among others. It lay on a trade route; it is estimated that about 8-9 days were needed for a camel caravan to travel from Aqaba to Petra. [2]

During Nabatean times (1 st century) Elim was called Leuke Kome which is Greek for “White Harbor” also known as “White Village”. a. It was a major seaport and the beginning of a caravan route through El Bad to Petra to Rhinocolura (Arish).

This emporium or trade facility in northern part of Wadi Aynuna, as well as the adjacent settlement and tentative location of an ancient port are believed to be the ancient Leuke Kome, a Nabatean port which connected ancient Petra with the Red Sea trade network during antiquity.

Leuke Kome, meaning "White Village" in Greek, was a significant port town on the Arabian coast of the Red Sea. Its exact location remains debated, but it is generally believed to have been situated in the northern part of modern-day Saudi Arabia.

Strabo confirms that Leuke Kome was a natural harbour (hormos) and so the bay south of al-Wajh would have provided a sufficiently large anchorage to accommodate the fleet of 120 large cargo ships...

2019年4月22日 · The port of Aynuna in the pre-Islamic period: nautical and topographical considerations on the location of Leuke Kome. Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 26/2, 31–42

2018年7月9日 · The archaeological site of Aynuna, located in northern-western Saudi Arabia, is believed to be the ancient Leuke Kome, a port linked by a caravan route with the Nabatean capital Petra. Architectural …

By the spring of 2016 ancient port are believed to be the Nabatean the team had carried out three seasons of Leuke Kome, connecting Petra with the Red archaeological survey and excavation work Sea trade network [Fig. 1]. at Wadi Aynuna, supported by Dr. Ali Leuke Kome is mentioned in two Al-Ghabban from the SCTA. ancient sources, the Periplus ...

Leuke Kome was a Nabataean port of the Red Sea, whose exact location is still unknown51, but certainly belonged to the Arabian side of the Red Sea. As far as we can infer from our sources, it was the only customs gate on the Arabian side of the Red Sea, at least during the irst century AD.