Ancient Sculptures from Jordan
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Date: July 28, 1996
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 01-081, Box 1, Folder: July 1996
The oldest sculptures ever found in the Near East were displayed at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in the exhibition "Preserving Ancient Sculptures from Jordan." The exhibition includes two humanlike figures and three double-headed busts from 6500 B.C., and three faces modeled on human skulls from 7000 B.C. The sculptures are nearly life-size and are made of lime plaster. The sculptures were found in 1974 near Amman, Jordan, and were transported to Washington, D.C. in 1985 where they were analyzed and reconstructed.
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Featured in Torch, July 1996. Scanned from Torch, not from original print.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 01-081, Box 1, Folder: July 1996
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 28, 1996
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SIA2011-1378
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 4.75w x 3.25h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Document