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New book offers insight into archaeological discoveries in Jordan’s desert region By Saeb Rawashdeh - Jul 27,2021 - Last updated at Jul 27,2021 Tower tombs are seen in the Jabel Qurma region during the 2019 excavation season (Photo courtesy of Peter Akkermans) AMMAN — Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and archaeologically less known, according to a Dutch archaeologist. Just a few months ago Professor Peter Akkermans published a book titled “Landscapes of Survival –The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Jordan’s North-Eastern Desert and Beyond”.
20,000-Year-Old Woman Burned In Fiery Death Ritual The burnt remains of a woman discovered in an ancient Jordanian hunters’ camp have been dated to almost 20,000 years ago. And having been partially incinerated in an obscure death ritual, this discovery demonstrates beliefs towards death shifted much earlier than currently believed. A New Kind Of Death Ritual And Much Earlier Than We Thought Until now, in the Middle East , the burial of people and cremated remains within living structures is thought to have originated no earlier than about 10,000 years ago in the Neolithic period. However, the discovery of the woman's charred remains, in a seasonal campsite hut, informed scientists that Middle Eastern hunter-gatherers had adopted new views on death nearly 20,000 years ago.