AMMAN, Feb 23 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, announced yesterday, a discovery of an archaeological site for religious rituals, that has a history of roughly 9,000 years, in the south-eastern part of the country.
Archaeologists found a shrine at the site, with a unique ritual installation in the Neolithic time, the ministry said in a statement.
The installations, called “desert kites,” were used as mass traps for hunting gazelles. They were widespread across the Middle Eastern and South-west Asian arid landscapes, the ministry said, adding, it believed the installation at the site was used for religious purposes.
“This discovery is unprecedented, as it constitutes a unique testimony of a complex ritual arrangement, dating back to the Neolithic period,” the statement said.
The ministry stressed the importance of the discovery, saying, it highlighted Jordan as a “cradle of civilisations, which continues to amaze the world with new archaeological discoveries.”– NNN-PETRA
