Category Archives: Archaeology – Arabia

The Kingdom to Spend $1.7bn on Building 230 Museums

23 Friday May 2014

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The government of Saudi Arabia is spending more than $1.7bn on building 230 new museums as part of a programme to promote the country’s culture. At a conference held in Oxford early in April, entitled “Green Arabia”, the influential HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, nephew of King Abdullah and president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), said, “We have entered a new age; we have transitioned. Antiquities are the seat of a continuum to bring the life and history of Saudi Arabia closer to the hearts and minds of the people of the Kingdom — particularly the young.”

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Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities to Develop Islamic Sites

13 Wednesday Feb 2013

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SCTAPrince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, yesterday announced SCTA’s plan to develop historical Islamic sites in the Kingdom, including those in Makkah and Madinah. Addressing the First Conference of Archaeology and Tourism in Al-Ula: Challenges and Aspirations, he said the project would be carried out in consultation with Islamic scholars and archaeologists.

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