'Ain Ghazal Statues
The Ain Ghazal Statues are a number of monumental lime plaster and reed statues discovered at the site of Ayn Ghazal in Jordan. The works date to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C period. A total of 15 statues and 15 busts were discovered in 1983 and 1985 in two underground caches, created about 200 years apart. Although it is held that they represented the ancestors of those in the village, their purpose remains uncertain.
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'Ain Ghazal Statues
The Ain Ghazal Statues are a number of monumental lime plaster and reed statues discovered at the site of Ayn Ghazal in Jordan. The works date to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C period. A total of 15 statues and 15 busts were discovered in 1983 and 1985 in two underground caches, created about 200 years apart. Although it is held that they represented the ancestors of those in the village, their purpose remains uncertain.
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Closeup of one of the bicephalous statues.
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Ayn Ghazal, Amman, Jordan
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