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Lime Plaster Statue from Ain Al-Ghazal
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Lime Plaster Statue from Ain Al-Ghazal

This extraordinary statue is one of the earliest large-scale representations of the human form. It was found as part of a cache of up to 25 statues buried in a pit under the floor of an abandoned house. All of these statues have naturalistically...
Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal
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Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal

This plastered face was modeled on a human skull and was buried with a group of similar plastered faces. This mode of skull decoration was probably related to some sort of ancestor cult. From modern-day Ain Ghazal, outskirts of Amman, Jordan...
Ain Ghazal Bust
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Ain Ghazal Bust

This two-headed bust was made of plaster and bitumen and was found in modern-day Ain Ghazal in the outskirt of Amman city, Jordan in the year 1985 CE. Pre-pottery Neolithic period, circa 6500 BCE. Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman, Jordan...
Lime Plaster Statue from Ain Ghazal
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Lime Plaster Statue from Ain Ghazal

This statue (upper torso) was made of lime plaster, reed, and bitumen and was found in modern-day Ain Ghazal city in the outskirt of Amman, Jordan Hashemite Kingdom. Between 1983-1985 CE, 15 statues and 15 busts made of lime plaster and reed...
Plastered Face of a Human Skull from Ain Ghazal
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Plastered Face of a Human Skull from Ain Ghazal

This plastered face was modeled on a human skull and was buried with a group of similar plastered faces. This mode of skull decoration was probably related to some sort of ancestor cult. From modern-day Ain Ghazal, outskirts of Amman, Jordan...
Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal

This plastered face was modeled on a human skull and was buried with a group of similar plastered faces. This mode of skull decoration was probably related to some sort of ancestor cult. From modern-day Ain Ghazal, outskirts of Amman, Jordan...
Ain Ghazal Figurine
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Ain Ghazal Figurine

This statue (upper torso) was made of lime plaster, reed, and bitumen and was found in modern-day Ain Ghazal city in the outskirt of Amman, Jordan Hashemite Kingdom. Between 1983-1985 CE, 15 statues and 15 busts made of lime plaster and reed...
Sojourner Truth
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth (l. c. 1797-1883) was an African American abolitionist, women's suffrage advocate, and civil rights activist who famously "walked away" from slavery in 1826, sued in court for the return of her son and, between 1843 and her...
Ancient Jordan
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Ancient Jordan

Jordan is a country in the Near East bordered by Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. The country's name comes from the Arabic Al Urdun, referencing a fortified site but also meaning "prominence", though various sources also claim the name...
Battle of Salamis
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Battle of Salamis

The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between Greek and Persian forces in the Saronic Gulf, Greece in September 480 BCE. The Greeks had recently lost the Battle of Thermopylae and drawn the naval Battle at Artemision, both in August 480...
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