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Saudi Arabia Unveils Special Passport Stamp to Celebrate National Day

Saudi Arabia Unveils Special Passport Stamp to Celebrate National Day
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Saudi Arabia Unveils Special Passport Stamp to Celebrate National Day

Saudi Arabia Unveils Special Passport Stamp to Celebrate National Day

The Saudi Ministry of Interior, through the General Directorate of Passports, has unveiled a special stamp to commemorate the Kingdom’s National Day, celebrated annually on September 23, the Saudi Press Agency said Monday.
This initiative is part of a series of celebratory programs aimed at engaging travelers at the Kingdom's international ports, where passports will be stamped with the emblem of the 94th National Day.

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British Museum Explores ‘Silk Roads’ Trade Routes in New Exhibition

People walk in front of the British Museum in London, Britain, on September 28, 2023. (Reuters)
People walk in front of the British Museum in London, Britain, on September 28, 2023. (Reuters)
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British Museum Explores ‘Silk Roads’ Trade Routes in New Exhibition

People walk in front of the British Museum in London, Britain, on September 28, 2023. (Reuters)
People walk in front of the British Museum in London, Britain, on September 28, 2023. (Reuters)

A new exhibition exploring the vast network of the Silk Road trade routes opens at the British Museum in London this week.

Showcasing a range of artifacts including Chinese ceramics, Byzantine jewellery and the earliest known group of chess pieces, "Silk Roads" focuses specifically on the period AD 500 to 1,000, amid the rise of different empires and religions.

"This exhibition is presenting a rather different vision of the Silk Road than some people might be expecting... Rather than a single trade route between east and west, we are showing the Silk Roads plural... as a series of overlapping networks that link communities across Asia, Africa and Europe," exhibition co-curator Sue Brunning told Reuters.

"We're showing that it was not just silk and spices... but also people, objects and ideas moving sometimes great distances, not just by land, but also by sea and river and exchanges taking place in all contexts."

Highlights include loans from central Asia such as a large mural found in the reception hall of an aristocratic house in Samarkand, Uzbekistan and a gilded silver cup from the Galloway Hoard, on loan from the National Museums Scotland.

"Silk Roads" opens on Thursday and runs until February.