Editing Rub' al Khali (section)

===Transport===
A road between Oman and Saudi Arabia,<ref name="TheNational 07-2021">{{cite news |last=Al Shaibany |first=Saleh |title=Oman-Saudi road to save 16 hours travel time nears completion: New road cuts through the Empty Quarter and will be a lifeline for trade between the two countries |publisher=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2021/07/06/oman-saudi-road-to-save-16-hours-travel-time-nears-completion/ |date=2021-07-06 |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref><ref name="GulfNews 07-2021">{{cite news |last=Al Amir |first=Khitam |title=New Saudi-Oman road to cut land travel time by 16 hours: Travel between two countries to get lot easier; road is 800km in length |publisher=[[Gulf News]] |location=[[Dubai]], the [[United Arab Emirates|U.A.E.]] |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/new-saudi-oman-road-to-cut-land-travel-time-by-16-hours-1.80489647 |date=2021-07-07 |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref> through the Empty Quarter, was completed in September 2021.<ref name="TheNational 09-2021">{{cite news |last=Al Shaibany |first=Saleh |title=Oman-Saudi desert road will breathe new life into sleepy villages: 700-km motorway to cut through the Empty Quarter, bringing trade to once-abandoned areas |publisher=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2021/09/06/desert-road-from-oman-to-saudi-arabia-will-breathe-new-life-into-sleepy-villages/ |date=2021-09-06 |access-date=2021-11-09}}</ref> Measuring between {{convert|700|and|800|km|mile|abbr=off}}, it extends from [[Ibri]] in Oman to [[Al-Ahsa Oasis|Al-Ahsa]] in [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|eastern Saudi Arabia]]. A {{convert|160|km|mile|adj=on}} stretch of the road is on the Omani side and {{convert|580|km|mile|abbr=on}} is on the Saudi side.<ref name="TheNational 07-2021" /><ref name="GulfNews 07-2021" /> The road also goes through the [[archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn|archaeological sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn]] in Oman.<ref name="TheNational 09-2021" />