SAUDI HERITAGE EXHIBITION OKAYED

King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has issued a royal decree for a landmark Saudi heritage exhibition to tour a number of European capitals and US cities after the show at Paris’ Louvre museum. Chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism & Antiquities (SCTA) Prince Sultan bin Salman described the “Archaeology Masterpieces of Saudi Arabia through the Ages” exhibition as a way to introduce a historical dimension of the Kingdom’s culture to the world. Prince Sultan also pointed out the importance of the Kingdom’s historical values and archaeological masterpieces in history. He added that the Kingdom was, for the first time, exhibiting a large number of its archaeological masterpieces outside the country.