The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) has paid the owner of an archeological palace in Al-Quraiyat SR3.78 million to transfer the ownership of the palace to the commission. Ali Al-Ghouban, Vice President of the SCTA, said Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, the commission's Secretary General, took the decision according to the priority he set that all citizens possessing archeological sites be compensated before their sites are acquired by the commission.