Australia returns sculpture piece to Jordan after decades
archaeology.org · 14 October 2026
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Australian officials gave a carved stone slab to Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, in Amman, Jordan.
The artifact is a fragment of a 14,000-year-old sculpture originally unearthed at Wadi Al Hammah. Archaeologists from Jordan and Australia discovered the large sculpture, composed of three pieces, during an excavation. The National Gallery of Australia received one piece in 1985, while Jordan holds the other two at museums in Amman and Irbid.
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