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\nOver the last year, Saudi Arabia has been working on developing its cultural, archaeological, and heritage offerings, working with teams from across the globe to unearth the Kingdom\u2019s rich yet relatively unknown history. The efforts of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have now culminated in a milestone exhibition entitled \u201cRoads of Arabia,\u201d which is now showing at the spectacular Louvre Abu Dhabi.
\nAccording to Gulf News, rare artefacts and archeological discoveries from across the Arabian Peninsula dating back more than a million years, including a third century BCE bronze statue head, a first century BCE gold funerary mask, ninth century engraved steles, and a door to the Kaaba dating back to 1355, are now on display. Many of the pieces in the exhibition have been unearthed only in the past few decades by Saudi Arabia and international teams but are set to stun visitors and provide them with the chance to learn about this region\u2019s history like never before.
\nHeld under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the exhibition comprises five different sections that explore the earliest settlements of the Arabian Peninsula until present day.
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\nSpeaking to the news site, No\u00ebmi Dauc\u00e9, chief curator for Archaeology at Louvre Abu Dhabi and one of the co-curators for the exhibition, explained that the exhibition comprises a collection of statues, sculptures, and many different artefacts that reflect the diversity, heritage and wealth of history in the Arabian Peninsula.
\n\u201cThe history of this area shows diverse groups of people living here as well as people travelling through this region. With all of these discoveries, we are able to observe the different influences of culture and how these cultures mixed together to create a new and original culture, and this was something we were very keen to show [\u2026] In the first section of the exhibition, there are ancient tools from the first people who came to the Arabian Peninsula. These were people who had migrated out of Africa moving towards Asia, and they had gone through Saudi Arabia,\u201d she said.
\nThe \u201cRoads of Arabia\u201d exhibition is a collaborative effort between the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) and the Louvre Abu Dhabi, and will run until February 16, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"