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GEA Organizes Entertainment, Comedy Shows at Jeddah Season

One of the events at the Jeddah Season festival. (SPA)
One of the events at the Jeddah Season festival. (SPA)
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GEA Organizes Entertainment, Comedy Shows at Jeddah Season

One of the events at the Jeddah Season festival. (SPA)
One of the events at the Jeddah Season festival. (SPA)

The General Entertainment Authority (GEA) is organizing several theatrical performances and comedy shows as part of its participation in the Jeddah Season, reported the Saudi Press Agency Monday.

The comedy events will kick off in Obhur with the "Three Days on the Coast" play, starring Egyptian comedian Mohammed Henedi, from June 26 to 29, while "It's All Wrong", a play starring Egyptian comedian Ashraf Abdel Baqi, will be held from July 10 to 13.

The comedy activities will continue from June 10 to July 18 at Al-Shallal Theme Park with the Saudi Comedy Club touring through an Artology exhibition featuring a group of local, Arab and international comedians. They will present a range of performances, including a stand-up challenge, the "Saudi Cinderella" show, international stand-up comedy shows and comedy musicals.

Comedians Talal Al Sheiki, Mohammed Sultan, Abdulrahman Al Somali and Abdulkhaleq bin Rafea are set to feature at the events.

Comedy lovers will also be delighted by the show organized by XJed at the Jeddah Waterfront and presented by the Laugh Factory, the number 1 comedy club in the United States, from June 23 to July 18.

Through these events, GEA underlines its constant efforts to provide an exceptional experience for visitors of the Jeddah Season and to bolster Saudi Arabia’s standing in the entertainment sector.

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Danish Archaeologists Unearth 50 Viking Skeletons

Massacred 10th century Vikings found in a mass grave at St John’s College, Oxford. Photograph: Thames Valley Archaeological Services/PA
Massacred 10th century Vikings found in a mass grave at St John’s College, Oxford. Photograph: Thames Valley Archaeological Services/PA
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Danish Archaeologists Unearth 50 Viking Skeletons

Massacred 10th century Vikings found in a mass grave at St John’s College, Oxford. Photograph: Thames Valley Archaeological Services/PA
Massacred 10th century Vikings found in a mass grave at St John’s College, Oxford. Photograph: Thames Valley Archaeological Services/PA

The excavation of a large Viking-era burial site in Denmark has unearthed 50 unusually well-preserved skeletons that archaeologists expect will help shed light on the lives of the Nordic people best known for their seafaring exploits in the Middle Ages.

The skeletons, discovered near Denmark's third-largest city Odense, were kept intact by high water levels and favorable soil conditions that prevented them from decomposing, according to Michael Borre Lundoe, the excavation leader from Museum Odense, Reuters reported.

"Normally when we excavate Viking graves, we'd be lucky if there were two teeth left in the grave besides the grave goods. But here we have the skeletons fully preserved," said Lundoe.

"The skeletons are so amazing. They are so well preserved. There are five fingers, five toes. And that opens up a whole new set of possibilities for discoveries," he said.

Rare artifacts such as knives, glass pearls and brooches dated between year 850 to 970 were also found at the excavation, which began six months ago.

Lundoe said the grave gifts indicate most of the people were part of a small community of farmers, although a woman of higher status was buried with a silver-ornamented knife and a piece of glass which was rare in the Viking Age.

Archaeologists took soil samples to search for pollen to determine which season the person was buried in and what textiles they wore.

An x-ray of a soil block from the site revealed an oval brooch, an iconic Viking Age jewelry piece associated with women's garments, covered with wood and human remains.

On the back of another brooch with period-specific ornaments, mineralized woven textile fragments provided evidence of the type of dress worn in the Viking Age, the archaeologists said.

Most of the skeletons have been removed from the graves and packed in cardboard boxes at the museum to dry out before the examination and final cleaning.