Famous findMade about 9,000 years ago · found 1983
The 'Ain Ghazal Statues: 9,000-year-old plaster figures found buried in a pit beside an Amman highway
In 1983 archaeologists excavating a Neolithic village on the edge of Amman, Jordan, found a pit packed with human figures made of lime plaster, and a second cache followed. Made about 9,000 years ago, they are among the oldest large statues of people ever found.