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English: One of pictures taken in the Archaeological Museum of Amman of a number of monumental lime plaster and reed statues dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C period. Dating to between the mid-7th millennium BC and the mid-8th millennium BC, the statues are among the earliest large-scale representations of the human form, and are regarded to be one of the most remarkable specimens of prehistoric art from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B or C period. Some earlier human statues are known from Upper Mesopotamia, such as the Urfa Man.

Although it is held that they represented the ancestors of those in the village, their purpose remains uncertain (text taken from Wikipedia, but in line with information in the museum itself).

Some are single, some show pairs. In some cases the picture shows a "close up".
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Camera location31° 57′ 14.82″ N, 35° 56′ 03.34″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Ain Ghazal Statue

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31°57'14.821"N, 35°56'3.343"E

1 June 2013

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