Ancient stone tablets and pottery were a cultural highlight on Thursday for Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud during his visit to Beijing.

After having talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, President Xi Jinping and the Saudi king visited the National Museum of China to view an exhibition of cultural relics that were excavated in Saudi Arabia.

The exhibition, which opened in December, has been seen by more than 40,000 visitors over the past three months.