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The Lihyanite King Statue (Monumental Statue) is a
The Lihyanite King Statue (Monumental Statue) is a statue
A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or Casting (metalworking), cast in a durable material such as wood, metal or stone. Typical statues are life-sized or close to ...
likely depicting an ancient Lihyan
Lihyan (, ''Liḥyān''; Greek: Lechienoi), also called Dadān or Dedan, was an ancient Arab kingdom that played a vital cultural and economic role in the north-western region of the Arabian Peninsula and used Dadanitic language. The kingdom fl ...
ite king
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. The sandstone
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statue, dating back to the fifth to third centuries BCE, weighs 800 kg and measures 2.3 meters
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in height. The statue was discovered at the Dadan archaeological site in AlUla
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, north-west Saudi Arabia
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The statue
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is on display at the Louvre Museum
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in Paris
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as part of a five-year loan agreement between the Royal Commission for AlUla
The alula , or bastard wing, (plural ''alulae'') is a small projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds and a few non-avian dinosaurs. The word is Latin and means "winglet"; it is the diminutive of ''ala'', meaning "wing". The a ...
(RCU) and Louvre Museum
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Historic overview
The statue originates from theLihyan
Lihyan (, ''Liḥyān''; Greek: Lechienoi), also called Dadān or Dedan, was an ancient Arab kingdom that played a vital cultural and economic role in the north-western region of the Arabian Peninsula and used Dadanitic language. The kingdom fl ...
ite period that existed during the second half of the first millennium BCE. The Dadan archaeological site was the capital of the Dadan and Lihyanite Kingdoms during the first millennium BCE, a period of progress in AlUla
The alula , or bastard wing, (plural ''alulae'') is a small projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds and a few non-avian dinosaurs. The word is Latin and means "winglet"; it is the diminutive of ''ala'', meaning "wing". The a ...
due to its presence along the trade route connecting the civilizations of the southern and northern parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
See also
{{Portal, Saudi Arabia *Lihyan
Lihyan (, ''Liḥyān''; Greek: Lechienoi), also called Dadān or Dedan, was an ancient Arab kingdom that played a vital cultural and economic role in the north-western region of the Arabian Peninsula and used Dadanitic language. The kingdom fl ...
* Suffering Man Statue (Saudi Arabia)
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