Archaeological pieces recently discovered in Jbeil are exhibited in France at the Louvre Museum. (Credit: Twitter/@grillo_anne)
BEIRUT — Caretaker Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada inaugurated Saturday at the Louvre museum in Paris an exhibition of recently uncovered archeological pieces found in Jbeil, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Here’s what we know:
• The ancient objects were found during a joint mission of the General Directorate of Antiquities and the Louvre Museum. The exhibition is scheduled to continue until Sept. 11 in the Lebanese pavilion.
• On the sidelines of the ceremony, Mortada discussed the development of bilateral relations between Beirut and Paris with an official from the museum.
Caretaker Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada (center) at the Louvre Museum, in Paris, during the inauguration of an exhibition of recently discovered archaeological pieces from Jbeil on Saturday. (Credit: NNA)
• On Wednesday, the French ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo had called on Lebanese enthusiasts to visit the Louvre. “To you Lebanese friends and Byblos enthusiasts, I invite you to see at the Louvre Museum objects from the latest Franco-Lebanese archaeological excavations that have uncovered an exceptional Bronze Age necropolis,” she tweeted, adding that her country was “proud to contribute to the development of the Lebanese heritage.”
• Caretaker culture minister Mohammad Mortada at the Louvre Museum in Paris during the inauguration of the exhibition of archeological pieces recently uncovered in Jbeil, May 28, 2022. NNA