Day: July 24, 2014

ROADS OF ARABIA: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum offers a first look at recent archaeological discoveries from the Arabian Peninsula
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ROADS OF ARABIA: ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum offers a first look at recent archaeological discoveries from the Arabian Peninsula

In the shifting sands of Saudi Arabia outside the city of Thaj, archaeologists discovered the tomb of a young royal girl buried nearly 2,000 years ago, uncovering exquisite jewelry, a haunting gold mask and other objects—all made of gold. These funerary treasures are just a few of the surprising discoveries […]