‘Ain Ghazal

Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in , , 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.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Ayn Ghazal”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Amman Civil Airport.

Aerodrome
Amman City Airport, is located in Marka district, , some 5 kilometres northeast of the capital 's city centre. During World War I, an airstrip was established near Amman in 1915 for use by German airplanes, then an ally of the ruling Ottoman Empire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marka camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.

Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the and the due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. is situated 4½ km northeast of ‘Ain Ghazal.

Neighborhood
Photo: Hasanisawi, Public domain.
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of . is situated 5 km southwest of ‘Ain Ghazal.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

‘Ain Ghazal

Latitude
31.98846° or 31° 59′ 19″ north
Longitude
35.97629° or 35° 58′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G3QXXQG+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 419597162
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q423625
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“‘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”
  • Western Panjabi: “عین غزال”

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