UAE and Saudi dignitaries tour Roads of Arabia at Louvre Abu Dhabi

The new exhibition opens on Thursday, displaying the rich and untold history of the Arabian Peninsula

Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed, Chairman of the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Executive Council Member (2nd L) and Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism & National Heritage (3rd L), tour the Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia exhibition, at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Rashed Al Mansoori / Ministry of Presidential Affairs

Louvre Abu Dhabi's blockbuster new exhibition, Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures of Saudi Arabia, includes hundreds of priceless artefacts from Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Gold funeral masks, bronze statues, ancient steles (vertical stone slabs) and a door to the Kaaba of Makkah’s Grand Mosque are on display.

Many of the archaeological pieces have been unearthed only in the past few decades by Saudi and international teams, but they are slowly drawing back the curtain on a dazzling and unexplored world.

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