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Antiquities and heritage show at Janadriya
Under the aegis of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Saudi Council of Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) is planning to organize an exhibition of retrieved pieces of antiquity and heritage on Feb. 11 at the Janadriya National Heritage and Culture Festival.
King Abdullah ordered in October to exhibit retrieved Saudi antiquities during the upcoming Janadriya Heritage and Culture Festival.
SCTA President Prince Sultan bin Salman lauded the king’s keenness to preserve the heritage of the Kingdom while speaking to media about the exhibition on Friday.
SCTA will showcase more than 14,000 pieces of antiques in the expo. SCTA also plans to organize an international seminar on retrieval of antiquities on the sidelines of the expo. International experts on antiquities' recovery will participate in the seminar.
A workshop on the domestically-retrieved antiquities will also be conducted as part of the exhibition.
The workshop will focus on heightening awareness of the public about the importance of cooperating with the SCTA to protect sites of antiquities and not to tamper with any antique site or artifact.
The SCTA will also honor individuals and departments that worked for the retrieval of Saudi antiques.
Invitations have been sent to individuals in foreign countries, who returned Saudi artifacts they had in their possession, to participate in the upcoming events.
Prince Sultan has launched campaigns to encourage people who had national antiques in their possession to return them to the SCTA.
In response to the campaign, Ali Al-Qarni, a Saudi citizen, handed over a pre-Islamic (dating back to early or before 5th Century AD in the Arabian history) antique piece that was in his possession to the SCTA.
On the occasion of his returning of the rare piece he found at a desert location in Bisha province, Al-Qarni called upon Saudis to surrender all antique pieces in their possession to the SCTA without moving them from their original environment to help maintain and preserve them and simultaneously showcase them to the public.
According to SCTA Vice President Ali Al-Ghabban, many citizens responded to the prince’s campaign, handing over the antiques they had to the commission as part of their contribution to preserve the national history and enhance the civilized dimension of the Kingdom.
Under the aegis of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Saudi Council of Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) is planning to organize an exhibition of retrieved pieces of antiquity and heritage on Feb. 11 at the Janadriya National Heritage and Culture Festival.
King Abdullah ordered in October to exhibit retrieved Saudi antiquities during the upcoming Janadriya Heritage and Culture Festival.
SCTA President Prince Sultan bin Salman lauded the king’s keenness to preserve the heritage of the Kingdom while speaking to media about the exhibition on Friday.
SCTA will showcase more than 14,000 pieces of antiques in the expo. SCTA also plans to organize an international seminar on retrieval of antiquities on the sidelines of the expo. International experts on antiquities' recovery will participate in the seminar.
A workshop on the domestically-retrieved antiquities will also be conducted as part of the exhibition.
The workshop will focus on heightening awareness of the public about the importance of cooperating with the SCTA to protect sites of antiquities and not to tamper with any antique site or artifact.
The SCTA will also honor individuals and departments that worked for the retrieval of Saudi antiques.
Invitations have been sent to individuals in foreign countries, who returned Saudi artifacts they had in their possession, to participate in the upcoming events.
Prince Sultan has launched campaigns to encourage people who had national antiques in their possession to return them to the SCTA.
In response to the campaign, Ali Al-Qarni, a Saudi citizen, handed over a pre-Islamic (dating back to early or before 5th Century AD in the Arabian history) antique piece that was in his possession to the SCTA.
On the occasion of his returning of the rare piece he found at a desert location in Bisha province, Al-Qarni called upon Saudis to surrender all antique pieces in their possession to the SCTA without moving them from their original environment to help maintain and preserve them and simultaneously showcase them to the public.
According to SCTA Vice President Ali Al-Ghabban, many citizens responded to the prince’s campaign, handing over the antiques they had to the commission as part of their contribution to preserve the national history and enhance the civilized dimension of the Kingdom.
