19 March 2024
The National Museum organises a lecture titled "Maritime Heritage between the Sultanate of Oman, Yemen, and Morocco: Similarities and Differences"
The National Museum organised a lecture titled "Maritime Heritage between the Sultanate of Oman, Yemen, and Morocco: Similarities and Differences", presented by Dr. Yahya Latif Abdullah al-Abali, an academic researcher at the National Institute of Archaeological Sciences and Heritage in the Kingdom of Morocco and Assistant Professor of Cultural Heritage at Hajjah University in the Republic of Yemen. The lecture was attended by several employees of the National Museum and individuals interested in archaeology and tangible and intangible heritage.
The lecture addressed maritime heritage between the Sultanate of Oman, Yemen, and Morocco in both its tangible and intangible aspects, focusing on Omani aflaj, Yemeni katzaims, and Moroccan khettaras, highlighting their technical, natural, and cultural characteristics, and their roles in the development of human societies. It also discussed the challenges facing them, means of preserving them, geographical similarities and differences reflected in the deep heritage of our Arab countries.