Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic B is part of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, a Neolithic culture centered in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant, dating to c. 10,800 – c. 8,500 years ago, that is, 8800–6500 BC. It was
Reconstitution of housing in Aşıklı Höyük, modern Turkey
Left side-view of an Ain Ghazal statue from the Archaeological Museum of Amman
The ʿAin Ghazal bicephalous statues, c. 6500 BC.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Ain Ghazal statue frontal closeup
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 ʿAin 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