Jordan Museum

The Jordan Museum is located in Ras al-Ein district of Amman, Jordan. Built in 2014, the museum is the largest museum in Jordan and hosts some of the country's most important archaeological findings. Its two main permanent exhibitions are the Dead Sea Scrolls, including the Copper Scroll, and the 9000-year-old ʿAin Ghazal statues, which are among the oldest human statues ever made.
The two headed statue is a mysterious figure is one of the world’s oldest human statues. It is among the 32 plaster statues discovered in Amman in the 1980’s not far from the museum. The meaning of it is unknown but the people who made it were skilled crafts people living in a thriving village.
THE WALL PAINTINGS: These fragments are from a larger painting, most of which was lost through time. It was discovered in a room containing a burial chamber, within a complex overlooking a rock face, but the function is difficult to fathom. The forms may be considered abstract as we cannot explain them. They were painted on the plaster that covered the interior of the room, using red pigment extracted from iron ore veins local to the Petra region.
POTTERY STORAGE JAR: The chalcolithic villages witnessed expanding agricultural activities, with surplus food and the need for storing it. Important advancements in crafts took place at the same time, especially in pottery production. The first large jars for storing food stuffs were made by coiling ropes of clay, which is a technique used in some pottery workshops up until now. Siri g food in pottery jars protects it from insects and rodents, still silos and granaries continue to be used for large amounts of grain.
LETTERS FROM THE PAST: The age provides a variety of written sources that hold valuable information about Jordan.
STATUE OF AN AMMONITE KING: The statue carved of hard gray stone. The pose is right arm by the side with fist clenched, left arm across the stomach also with fist clenched. He is wearing a shawl over a garment in the Aramaic-Syrian tradition. His legs are close together and he is standing on a stone pedestal that was formed of the same stone. There is no inscription on the pedestal but the man is wearing Egyptian style of ate crown, symbol of kings and gods. The formal pose, dress, and crown indicate that this statue is of a king or of a god. The unmarked pupils on this statue perhaps suggest the sleep of death of a deified king.Læs mere