Submitted by Sean Williams on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 13:55
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The exhibition has been organised by the President of the Italian Republic in honour of the state visit of the King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan. Sixty items will be on display in the 'Sale delle Bandiere' at the Palazzo del Quirinale and these will reflect the history of Jordan, from the Neolithic era to the end of the Ottoman empire.
This neolithic statue was found at the site of Ayn Ghazal outside Amman and dates from 7500 BC. It is one of the oldest surviving statues of its kind and size.
It is thought to be one of the oldest statues in the world. It stands 84cm high and is made of white plaster encasing a cane frame. It belongs to a group of cane and plaster statues found in Ayn Ghazal in 1983. Many of the Ayn Ghazal statues have painted clothes, tattoos and features – including cowrie shell eyes marked with black bitumen. Ayn Ghazal is a neolithic site in north-eastern Jordan outside Amman and was largely forgotten until road development work and subsequent excavations began in the 1970s and 80s.
Sixty ancient artworks from Jordan – some of them never before seen outside Petra and Amman - are going on display at Rome's Palazzo del Quirinale between 23 October and 31 January 2010. The star attraction at the exhibition is a statue found at the site of Ayn Ghazal near Amman dating from 7500 BC, one of the oldest surviving statues of its kind and size.
The exhibition has been organised by the President of the Italian Republic in honour of the state visit of the King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan.
Objects on display reflect the history of Jordan, from the Neolithic era to the end of the Ottoman empire.
Exhibits include a limestone bust of a male with a curly beard and hair wearing a pointed hat and a Roman-era pendent or cameo is also on display from the Jordan Archaeological Museum – this dates from the second or third centuries AD and is made of gold and gemstone.
