Saudi authorities seek to preserve the historical and heritage richness and to register archaeological and heritage sites in the World
Saudi authorities seek to preserve the historical and heritage richness and to register archaeological and heritage sites in the World Heritage List (UNESCO) for the sake of highlighting these monuments. Six sites have been registered so far, and they are. Madain Saleh It is the city of Al-Hajar, located in…
For the first time in the history of the holy sites, the Royal Commission for the Holy City of Makkah and the Holy Sites, represented by the Kadana Company and the Gift of Hajj and Mu`tamar Association, launched the Rocks Exhibition in the Arafat area, and the “Between Thabeer and…
The Saudi traveler Othman Al-Shaheen published a video of him on his official page on the social networking site “Twitter”, documenting his trip to Makkah Al-Mukarramah on “Camel”. A Saudi traveler set out 25 days ago, riding his camel to Mecca, through the ancient pilgrimage routes, covering more than 675…
Saudi Libraries sector witnessed unprecedented digitization during the coronavirus pandemic…
A media conference was held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in a hotel on the Nile in the Saudi ambassador in Cairo, Osama Naqli. The meeting was to announce the Egyptian-Saudi partnership in the field of filming and production. The conference was between the two Saudi companies, “BenchMark” and “Ad…
The Heritage Authority in the KSA decided to register two heritage sites within the National Register of Urban Heritage (NRUH). One building is the first established to be the government headquarters of the Riyadh Municipality, and the other used to be the headquarters of the Al-Marqab Press company in the…
Saudi artist Abdullah Qandil says that he does not believe in the effectiveness of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as they are today due to their inability to protect the intellectual property of business owners. For that reason, Kandil devised a new way to classify works as physical or digital tokens. The…
Saudi Heritage Authority announced a new archaeological discovery in the Al-Hadeed Governorate in the Hail region, north of Saudi Arabia. It is a rock inscription dating back to the Babylonian King Nabonidus in the middle of the sixth century BC. The discovery gives further evidence of the historical role of…
Photographer Mohammed Al-Sharif documented the natural beauty of the Hasma sandy mountains on the western side of Tabuk, northwest of Saudi Arabia, and their strange formations and red sands. Al-Sharif told Al-Arabiya.net that convoys and riders passed through those mountains throughout successive human civilizations. That explains the diversity and abundance…
In a tournament held for the first time in the history of Saudi weightlifting, the “Women’s Center Steel” team took first place in a weightlifting championship for women’s training centres and gyms. The championship activities were concluded at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, with 35 weightlifters representing nine…
