Highlights from ‘Roads of Arabia’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

‘Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art includes more than 200 recently excavated objects from the Arabian Peninsula, none of which had been seen outside Saudi Arabia until 2010. Below we present a selection of highlights from the show. Click on any image to launch the slideshow.

Click here for the curator’s introduction to the exhibition

‘Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’ is at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City from 25 April–6 July 2014.