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AlUla's Hegra after Dark: Where History Meets Innovation

AlUla continues to captivate visitors with a unique blend of historical wonders and cutting-edge technology. (SPA)
AlUla continues to captivate visitors with a unique blend of historical wonders and cutting-edge technology. (SPA)
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AlUla's Hegra after Dark: Where History Meets Innovation

AlUla continues to captivate visitors with a unique blend of historical wonders and cutting-edge technology. (SPA)
AlUla continues to captivate visitors with a unique blend of historical wonders and cutting-edge technology. (SPA)

AlUla continues to captivate visitors with a unique blend of historical wonders and cutting-edge technology. One exceptional experience is "Hegra After Dark", part of the Ancient Kingdoms Festival, The Saudi Press Agency said on Monday.
This innovative and immersive program explores the rise and fall of civilizations throughout history in a captivating way.
Held at Hegra, the first Saudi UNESCO World Heritage Site, the experience offers dazzling drone shows.
As part of the "Stories from the Sky" event, these drones illuminate the site's landmarks with breathtaking light formations, adding a new dimension to the historical site and creating an unprecedented visual spectacle.
Beyond the "Hegra After Dark", AlUla offers a diverse calendar of events, enabling visitors to delve deeper into the region's rich culture, heritage, and natural beauty.

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Greek Potter Keeps Ancient Ways Alive, Wins UNESCO Recognition

A drone view of ready handmade pieces in Kouvdis’ family pottery workshop in Agios Stefanos village, near Mandamados on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, September 23, 2024. (Reuters)
A drone view of ready handmade pieces in Kouvdis’ family pottery workshop in Agios Stefanos village, near Mandamados on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, September 23, 2024. (Reuters)
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Greek Potter Keeps Ancient Ways Alive, Wins UNESCO Recognition

A drone view of ready handmade pieces in Kouvdis’ family pottery workshop in Agios Stefanos village, near Mandamados on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, September 23, 2024. (Reuters)
A drone view of ready handmade pieces in Kouvdis’ family pottery workshop in Agios Stefanos village, near Mandamados on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, September 23, 2024. (Reuters)

In his seaside workshop on the Greek island of Lesbos, Nikos Kouvdis uses ancient techniques to create pottery pieces that have recently been honored with inclusion in UNESCO's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Kouvdis, 70, and his family have kept an old technique alive near the once humming pottery hub of Mandamados, just as the slow and careful methods of the past have been largely eclipsed by factory machines.

Their pottery is among the last in the Mediterranean to be produced from clay in local soil, using a traditional kiln with olive pits as fuel, with the pieces painted with natural lime.

"It's an honor for me," Kouvdis said with regard to the UNESCO recognition of his work.

He said a mechanized press can work at 10 times the speed of an individual potter. "There’s no continuity. There’s no space for (our) method to continue."

Still, he continues to produce individual pots on an outcrop of land overlooking the Aegean Sea.

"Above all, it’s a passion - trying to create something that fulfils you," he said.