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![Human Statue from Ain Ghazal](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8524.jpg?v=1618670714)
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Human Statue from Ain Ghazal
This statue 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 were found...
![Human Skull Plaster Face, Ain Ghazal](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8525.jpg?v=1599508698)
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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...
![Lime Plaster Human Statue from Ain Al-Ghazal](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4873.jpg?v=1611398710)
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Lime Plaster Human 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 naturallistically...
![Ain Ghazal Bust](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3546.jpg?v=1599356703)
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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...
![Plastered Face of a Human Skull from Ain Ghazal](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8530.jpg?v=1599508699)
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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](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8531.jpg?v=1599508699)
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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](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8520.jpg?v=1618593344)
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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...
![Ancient Jordan](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8239.jpg?v=1736891644-1715246538)
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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...
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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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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain, dated 10 July to 31 October, 1940 by the UK Air Ministry, was an air battle between the German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45). The Luftwaffe failed to achieve...