PARIS.- This Louvre
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. On view 14
July
through 27 September.