"A permanent settlement had emerged here by the 9th to 8th millennium BC due to the fertile soil of the oasis and easy access to water," UNESCO said on its website.

By the 9th to 8th millennium BC, Neolithic Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan was already a sizeable permanent settlement, as expressed by surviving monumental architectural features such as a wall with a ...

Located in the Jordan Valley, the property is an oval-shaped tell, or mound, that contains the prehistorical deposits of human activity, and includes the adjacent perennial spring of ‘Ain es-Sultan. A ...

AMMAN — Domesticated sheep and goat herding was essential for support of large settlements in the Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB). Small-bodied sheep appeared suddenly in the middle Euphrates ...

The stone or cist graves dating back to 8th millennium BC at Rudramakota and neighbouring villages of Velerupadu mandal were unearthed by AP state archaeology officials.

In the Near East, the use of pigments in architectural and funerary contexts becomes especially frequent starting from the second half of the 9th and the 8th millennium BC.

“A permanent settlement had emerged here by the 9th to 8th millennium BC due to the fertile soil of the oasis and easy access to water,” UNESCO said on its website.

Photo feature by Mahmoud Bushehri AMMAN, Jan 18 (KUNA) -- Ain Ghazal is a Pre-pottery Neolithic archaeological site located in metropolitan Amman, Jordan. Dating to between the mid-7th millennium BC ...