Journey Along the Roads of Arabia

First Thursday Lecture Series

Journey Along the Roads of Arabia

Instructor: 
Dany Chan
When: 
October 3, 2014
Time: 
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Place: 
Samsung Hall
Fee: 
$10 (after Museum admission). Online tickets are no longer available but you may purchase tickets at the door.

Over the last forty years, archaeologists working in Saudi Arabia have unearthed astonishing artifacts from the peninsula’s ancient past. These discoveries have radically transformed our understanding of the region. These new findings are the foundations of Roads of Arabia, an exhibition that traces ancient incense trade routes and early Islamic pilgrimage roads that once traversed the peninsula. They connected Arabia to Iraq, Syria, Egypt, the Mediterranean, and beyond. Roads of Arabia features more than 200 objects, ranging from excavated stone tools, some more than a million years old, to a 17th century set of gilded doors that once graced the entrance to the Ka’ba, as well as monumental human statues, haunting gold masks, and imported blown glass.. As archaeologists continue to unearth important ancient finds beneath the desert sands, Roads of Arabia offers a timely glimpse into the Arabian Peninsula’s fascinating past.

Dany Chan is Assistant Curator for Exhibition Projects at the Asian Art Museum, and in-house curator for the Museum’s presentation of “Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” (Oct.24. 2014- Jan.18, 2015).

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