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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.Female figure and two busts,decorated with bitumen,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.One of two busts,decorated with bitumen-mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.
#06020255

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.One of two busts,decorated with bitumen-mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.
#06020256

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...