Jordan Archaeological Museum - Time Periods Represented

Time Periods Represented

The collections of the museum belong to the following periods:

  • The Paleolithic Period: 1000,000 - 10,000 years ago
  • The Neolithic Period- The Pre-Pottery Age: 8,300 B.C -5,500 B.C, the most famous artifacts that belong to this period are the Ain Ghazal statues.
  • The Neolithic Period- Pottery Age: 5,500 B.C - 4,300 B.C
  • The Chalcolithic Period: 4,300 B.C-3,300 B.C
  • The Early Bronze Age: 3,300 B.C - 1,900 B.C
  • The Middle Bronze Age: 1,900 B.C - 1,550 B.C
  • The Late Bronze Age: 1,550 B.C - 1,200 B.C
  • The Iron Age: 1,200 B.C - 550 B.C
  • The Persian period
  • The Helinistic Period
  • The Nabatean Period
  • The Roman Period
  • The Byzantine Period
  • The Islamic Period
  • The Umayyad Period
  • The Abbasid Period
  • The Ayyubid Period

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