The most importance finds are stone seals or amulets bearing geometric motifs and stone plaques and bone objects decorated with incising. Among the stone plaques is one that bears a simple but very elegant carving depicting two running ostriches.
Seeing as though it dates from before 610AD I hope the muslims don’t get ahold of it.
It must be amazing to hold something that old in your hands and know that a human being made it 10,000 years ago.
I once drank some 10,000 year old water melted from a piece of glacier ice. Just think that snow fell on that glacier about the time that bowl was made.
This reminds me of Mitchner’s novel THE SOURCE. Great read.
The most importance finds are stone seals or amulets bearing geometric motifs and stone plaques and bone objects decorated with incising. Among the stone plaques is one that bears a simple but very elegant carving depicting two running ostriches.
So THAT’s where I left my bowl-o-beads.
You have NO idea how long I’ve been searching for that....
"The Wadi Raba culture is the name given to the neolithic culture of the Levant region of the middle east, dated to the 5th millennium BC. The economy of Wadi Raba consisted of goat and sheep raising farmers living in rectangular houses in settlements."