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Fresco at Qusayr Amra Hammam (bath-house), an example of Umayyad art from Jordan, 8th century. Jordanian art has a very ancient history. Some of the earliest figurines, found at Aïn Ghazal, near Amman, have been dated to the Neolithic period. A distinct Jordanian aesthetic in art and architecture emerged as part of a broader Islamic art ...
The ʿAin Ghazal Statues are today part of the collections of The Jordan Museum in Amman, with some also on display at the Amman Citadel's Jordan Archaeological Museum, while a few have been loaned to foreign museums: one statue is in the Louvre Museum in Paris; parts of three other statues can be seen at the British Museum in London; [9] and ...
The Jordan Archaeological Museum is located in the Citadel of Amman, Jordan. Built in 1951, [1] it presents artifacts from archaeological sites in Jordan, dating from prehistoric times to the 15th century. The collections are arranged in chronological order and include items of everyday life such as flint, glass, metal and pottery objects, as ...
The Jordan Archaeological Museum was established in 1951, atop Amman's Citadel Hill, to host Jordan's most important archaeological findings.However, the old site became too small and the idea of developing a new modern museum emerged in 2005. [3]
Amman Citadel ruins Reconstructed eastern gate of the Umayyad mosque The uncompleted Roman Temple of Hercules Gateway of the Umayyad Palace Collection of Roman sculptures on display at the Jordan Archaeological Museum The Roman Theater and Odeon, the Hashemite Plaza and the downtown area seen from the hill Site map
Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilization from a long-lost empire.The Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic people, began chiselling away at the natural sandstone surroundings ...
This is a list of archaeological sites in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan organised by governorate. Heshbon; Humayma; Jalul; Jerash; Al-Jizah, Jordan; Johfiyeh; Kharaysin; Khatt Shebib; Khirbat Ataruz; Khirbat Faynan; Khirbat Iskandar; Khirbat Nuqayb al-Asaymir; Khirbet edh-Dharih; Khirbet en-Nahas; Khirbet es-Sar; Khirbet et-Tannur; Lehun ...
The single most important piece of Byzantine Christian mosaic art in the East is the Madaba Map, made between 542 and 570 as the floor of the church of Saint George at Madaba, Jordan. It was rediscovered in 1894. The Madaba Map is the oldest surviving cartographic depiction of the Holy Land.