President presents artifacts to the National Museum

SANA’A, July 13 (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh presented 40 artifacts of bronze and pottery to the National Museum. The artifacts include shapes of bowels, spears, traditional curved daggers (Jambias) and a statue of a camel. All articles date back to the pre-Islamic period. According to Abdul-Aziz Al-Jandari, the secretary general of the museum, the relics were found in Maqwala village of Sanhan. “The artifacts were restored and documented following modern standards,” he said. “Restoring the artifacts, at the funding of President Saleh, cost Yr5,300,000 AA/NS SABA