In his speech during the ceremony, Ahmad bin Aqeel AlKhatib affirmed that the Greek civilization contributed to building the Western civilization since ancient times, at the same time, a great civilization emerged from the land of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Islamic civilization, and both civilization contributed to changing our present and the past.
He added that the relationship between Greece and the Arabian Peninsula extends to 3.000 years, and is highlighted in a number of monuments in the Kingdom that show the historical and cultural ties between the Arabian peninsula and Greek and Byzantine cultures.
After the speech ceremony, the Greek Minister of Culture and the President of SCTH toured the exhibition, which includes more than 466 rare archaeological piece that cover eras extending between the Paleolithic era to pre-Islamic old ages, followed by the early, medium and late Arab Kingdom civilization, and then the Islamic and medium Islamic eras, until the establishment of the Saudi state with its tree development phases until reaching the reign of late King Abdulaziz Al Saud. t
