The director of the French Louvre museum

The director of the French Louvre museum Henry Loyrette (C) poses for photographers, 10 November 2007, along side Yemeni Culture Minister Mohammed Abu Nakr al-Miflahi (R) and French ambassador to Yemen Gilles Gauthier (L) at the National Museum in Sanaa as the bronze Yemeni statue of the King Hawthar Athat, recently returned to Yemen from the Louvre, is displayed for the first time. Within the context of a cooperation agreement between the National Museum in Yemen and the Louvre Museum in France the unique statue, a gift from the ancient Yemeni King Hawthar Athat to the moon god Almaqah in the sixth century BC, was taken in by the Louvre for restoration in June 2007. AFP PHOTO/KHALED FAZAA (Photo credit should read KHALED FAZAA/AFP via Getty Images)