(ANSAmed) - NAPLES, SEPTEMBER 22 - The Ithra Museum in
Dhahran, in Saudi Arabia, will host a major exhibit of ancient
Egyptian artifacts from November this year until November 2022,
Gulf News reports. The paper explained that the exhibit, which
was approved by the Egyptian government, will display over 84
objects of ancient Egypt.
The announcement came at the end of a meeting between
Egyptian Tourism Minister Khaled Al Anani and his Saudi
counterpart Ahmed Al Khatib during the executive council of the
World Tourism Organization held in Georgia. The decision was
made after the transfer of artifacts to Saudi Arabia was
approved. The transfer will take place according to health and
safety standards.
The Egyptian minister stressed the importance of close
relations between the Saudi kingdom and his country, also
recalling the peculiarity of the Saudi market for Egyptian
tourism.
The museum of Ithra has four main galleries, respectively
dedicated to contemporary art of the Middle East, Saudi culture,
Islamic art, and natural history of the Arabic peninsula,
succeeding in mixing ancient and contemporary art. (ANSAmed).
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