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title: Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8525/human-skull-plaster-face-ain-ghazal/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8525.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8525.jpg)

## Image Caption

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](https://www.worldhistory.org/Jordan/) Hashemite Kingdom. Pre-[Pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/pottery/) [Neolithic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Neolithic/) B, circa 6500 BCE. (The Jordan Archaeological Museum, Amman, Jordan).

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2018, April 05). Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8525/human-skull-plaster-face-ain-ghazal/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 05, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8525/human-skull-plaster-face-ain-ghazal/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Apr 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8525/human-skull-plaster-face-ain-ghazal/>.

## License & Copyright

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