(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN â Recent discoveries in the Black Desert in eastern Jordan offered a glimpse into the religious practices in ancient times, according to a Jordanian historian.
Speaking during a recent webinar organised by the American Centre of Research in Amman, Ahmad Al Jallad, professor of philology at Ohio State University, said that human habitation in the Black Desert stretches from the Prehistoric Period to the modern times.
During a two-week survey in June of 2019, Jallad and his team discovered a site with hundreds of scripts in Safaitic and Greek, he said. One of the most remarkable features of the Black Desert are its inscriptions, Jallad said, adding that petroglyphs (images of animals and humans) are also found in the area, and these scripts give an insight about the inhabitants of the desert.