Who made the Ain Ghazal statues? How old is the Ain Ghazal statue?

Ain Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located about 2 kilometers northwest of Amman Civil Airport in Jordan.

The Ain Ghazal figures, which are among the oldest large-scale statues ever discovered, are housed at the site.

The settlement of Ain Ghazal (‘Spring of the Gazelle’) is separated into two phases dating from the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (MPPNB). The first phase begins at 10,300 BP and ends around 9,950 BP, while the second phase ends around 9,550 BP.

It is situated in a reasonably rich environmental setting, right adjacent to Jordan’s longest drainage system, the Zarqa River (Wadi Zarqa).

Who made the Ain Ghazal statues?

Ain Ghazal’s pre-literate inhabitants created an extremely specific batch of statues and busts ranging from thirty to one hundred centimeters tall between 6750 BCE and 6570 BCE.

How old is the Ain Ghazal statue?

It dates back to approximately 9000 years ago (made between 7200 BC and 6250 BCE), from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C period. A total of 15 statues and 15 busts were discovered in 1983 and 1985 in two underground caches, created about 200 years apart.