PARIS.- This exhibition invites visitors on a journey into the heart of Arabia, accompanied by a photographic exploration of the region’s sumptuous landscapes. It is conceived as a series of waypoints along the roads or trails criss-crossing the peninsula, including several of its major oases that were home in ancient times to powerful kingdoms. The exhibition then follows the pilgrims who traveled these same routes beginning in the seventh century, converging upon Islam’s holiest sites. Through a selection of 300 works, most of which have never been seen before outside their country of origin, visitors are offered an unprecedented glimpse into the various cultures that inhabited the territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from prehistoric times to the dawn of the modern era. The works shown reveal little-known aspects of a prosperous and flourishing pre-Islamic Arab world, which has been unveiled gradually over the years thanks to archaeological excavations. Awe-insp