Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in Amman, Jordan, about 2 km north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ĘżAin Ghazal statues were foun
Remains of the site in 2015
One of the Ain Ghazal statues
Ain Ghazal Statues: closeup of one of the bicephalous statues, c. 7000 BC (9,000 years ago)
One of the Ayn Ghazal statues in The Jordan Museum, in Amman
Ganj Dareh
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Ganj Dareh is a Neolithic settlement in western Iran. It is located in the Harsin County in east of Kermanshah Province, in the central Zagros Mountains.
Remains of the site in 2019
Principal Components Analysis of Ancient West Eurasians: Eigenvectors were inferred using present-day populations (gray points) and the ancient samples (colored shapes) were projected onto the plot. GD13a is part of the Neolithic Iranian (Iran_N) cluster.
Clay human figurine (Fertility goddess) Tepe Sarab, near Ganj Dareh, Kermanshah ca. 7000-6100 BC, Neolithic period, National Museum of Iran
Ganj Dareh objects