The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has signed a five-year-agreement with Louvre Museum in Paris, which includes the display of a sculpture dating back to the Lihyanite period.
According to the agreement, the Louvre will show the historical and cultural legacy of Saudi Arabia and AlUla, the Saudi Press Agency reported Tuesday.
The agreement between the RCU and the Louvre would also embody the vital partnership between Saudi Arabia and France in the cultural field, SPA said.
The sculpture is made of sandstone that weighs more than 800 kg, has a height exceeding 2 meters, and has been affected by erosion factors through various times.
Through the Lihyanite sculpture, the museum shows the details of human creativity from a long time ago, as it presents the formation details which classified as one of the advantages of the Lihyanite schools in sculpture, and also with the inspiration of spatial artistic influences.
One of the sculpture's advantages is that it shows the historical depth and cultural legacy of the antiquities in AlUla, in addition to the RCU’s work, which seeks to preserve the natural and cultural heritage while preparing AlUla to attract visitors from all over the world.
The excavation team in the kingdom of "Dadan" is still carrying out its work with the aim of exploring more information about the civilizational history of the kingdom, which spanned for more than 2,500 years.
The Royal Commission of AlUla Governorate via “The Journey Through Time” master plan has announced the establishment of the "Kingdoms Institute" in the Dadan area.
The Institute would include seven main archaeological programs and researches, most notably: Preserving of rock art; languages; inscriptions; agriculture; sustainability in prehistoric times and many more.
