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This is a detail of the so-called "Bal'am Text" (also Balaam Inscription) which was discovered in 1967 CE at Tell Deir Alla, in modern-day Balqa Governorate, Jordan. It was written in around 800 BCE. It was written in black and red ink on...

Rock carved with an animal image from Dhuwayla in the northeastern desert, Jordan, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, 6900-6500 BCE. Over a hundred stones with rock carvings were discovered in a small seasonal hunting camp in the desert. The majority...

Virgin Mary (Theotokos) and Child Christ are depicted at the center of the dome with 12 angels, including Gabriel, Michael, Uriel and Raphael. The monograms on both sides of Virgin Mary's heads means "Mother of God". 14th century CE.

A rare example of Neolithic daggers made by pressure knapping, found in a group burial Ba'ja, north of Petra, Jordan, 7500-7000 BCE. The Jordan Museum, Amman.

Bone awls polished to suit the purposes of weaving. They were also used for piecing and sewing leather. From Ain (Ayn) Ghazal, Amman, Jordan, Neolithic period, 10200-5000 BCE. The Jordan Museum, Amman.

Over a thousand years old, this Arabic inscription was found in Wadi Musa, just outside of Petra. This limestone block was a tombstone dedicated to the memory of an important man then, Abu al-Husayn ibn Abdullah, who died in 787 CE. The inscription...

This statue of Taurus was part of the temple's facade. The temple was designed according to classical fashion. It contains major constitutional elements of classical architectural order, but its decoration was not classical at all. The temple...

This is the upper half of a female figurine. Her facial features, hair, and necklace were carefully made in spite of being small in size. The breasts are prominent. Late Bronze Age, 1550-1200 BCE. From Tell al-Sa'idiyya, Jordan Valley, Jordan...

This is a stone slab incised with a repeated array of concentric irregular squares. A line of 3 slabs bearing this decoration was found in a wall inside "Structure 2" at Wadi al-Hammeh 27. They were supported by a backing of rubble, with...

Terracotta figurine of the goddess on a large couch (cline), leaning on her left elbow. This was the typical position for dining at a banquet (symposium), which was derived from the Greek tradition and was adopted by the Romans. The hole...