‘Ain Ghazal
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in Amman, Jordan, about 2 km north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered.Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Jordan
- Also known as: “Ayn Ghazal”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Amman Civil Airport.
Amman Civil Airport
Aerodrome
Amman Civil Airport, commonly known as Marka International Airport, is located in Marka district, Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan, some 5 kilometres northeast of Amman's city centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marka camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.
Marka camp
Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Marka camp is situated 4½ km northeast of ‘Ain Ghazal.
Jabal el-Hussein camp
Neighborhood
Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman. Jabal el-Hussein camp is situated 5 km southwest of ‘Ain Ghazal.
Amman
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.
‘Ain Ghazal
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.98846° or 31° 59′ 19″ northLongitude
35.97629° or 35° 58′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8G3QXXQG+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 419597162OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q423625
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“‘Ain Ghazal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آثار عين غزال”
- Arabic: “عين غزال”
- Armenian: “Այն Ղազալ”
- Bulgarian: “Айн Газал”
- Bulgarian: “Ал Газал”
- Catalan: “’Ain Ghazal”
- Catalan: “Ain Ghazal”
- Catalan: “ʿAin Ghazal”
- Chinese: “安加扎勒”
- Danish: “Ain Ghazal”
- Dutch: “‘Ain Ghazal”
- Dutch: “’Ain Ghazal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عين غزال (موقع اثرى)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عين غزال”
- Finnish: “Ain Ghazal”
- French: “‘Ain Ghazal”
- French: “Ain Ghazal”
- French: “Aïn Ghazal”
- German: “Ain Ghazal”
- German: “ʿAin Ghazal”
- Hebrew: “עין ע’זאל (אתר ארכאולוגי)”
- Hebrew: “עין ע’זאל”
- Indonesian: “‘Ain Ghazal”
- Indonesian: “’Ain Ghazal”
- Italian: “‘Ain Ghazal”
- Italian: “’Ain Ghazal”
- Japanese: “アイン・ガザル”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ain Ghazal”
- Norwegian: “Ain Ghazal”
- Persian: “عین غزال”
- Russian: “Айн-Гхасал”
- Russian: “Докерамический неолит C”
- Russian: “Эйн-Газаль”
- Serbian: “Аин Газал”
- Slovenian: “‘Ain Ghazal”
- Slovenian: “’Ain Ghazal”
- Spanish: “‘Ain Ghazal”
- Spanish: “’Ain Ghazal”
- Spanish: “Ain Gazal”
- Ukrainian: “Айн-Газаль”
- Ukrainian: “Айн-Гхасал”
- Urdu: “عین غزال”
- Western Armenian: “Այն Ղազալ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include مسجد عمر بن الخطاب and جسر عين غزال.
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