The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) has announced the launch of the season of archaeological excavations for the current year 2018 with the participation of 44 joint Saudi-global expeditions across the Kingdom's different regions. The Commission has recently expanded its survey and exploration work to take a more comprehensive and systematic approach to include more sites, since the Kingdom is rich in thousands of archaeological sites that constitute a civilized treasure of great historical and cultural value. The work of the survey and archaeological excavations are being carried out by modern scientific methods and the participation of international expeditions from a number of universities and research centers specializing in archeology from the United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, Finland, Japan, Australia and China in addition to scores of Saudi national archaeological expeditions being led by the universities of King Saud, Hail, Jazan and others. --More 12:22 LOCAL TIME 09:22 GMT 0006 www.spa.gov.sa/1824399
