{"id":2439,"date":"2024-03-05T11:21:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T08:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/?p=2439"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:26:46","slug":"wadi-al-mataha-burial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/?p=2439&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Wadi al-Mataha Burial"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2439\" class=\"elementor elementor-2439\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-250e8ffd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"250e8ffd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33b521a2\" data-id=\"33b521a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1018ef22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1018ef22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\"><strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size:16.0pt\">Wadi al-Mataha Burial<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f12041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"25f12041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2439-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WADI-AL-MATAHA.mp3?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WADI-AL-MATAHA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WADI-AL-MATAHA.mp3\">https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WADI-AL-MATAHA.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac24d82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ac24d82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">Excavations at Wadi al-Mataha in Petra uncovered a 17,000-year-old burial with a remarkably well preserved skeleton. This is among the earliest known human remains in Jordan.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">Analysis of the skeletal remains revealed that the individual buried was a male hunter between 35 to 55 years old, who had no signs of disease or trauma.<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"> His right arm was stronger than his left as a result of hunting with a spear. He was also short and strong from moving around the rugged terrain of southern Jordan. These characteristics are typical of people before they began to live more settled lives and start to farm.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">After his death, an oval hole was cut into his skull just above the forehead, and his arms were pinned with his legs behind his back.<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\"> His body was then placed face down in an unprepared depression, along with a few objects that may have been personal possessions. These included a stone bowl with a hole chipped into its base and a large flint knife. The burial was then filled with stones.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">\u201cScholars are still unable to provide an explanation for the hole on his skull and the position of his dead body; and whether these are signs of respect or contempt.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">Site: Wadi al-Mataha in Petra<\/span><\/strong><strong><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">Period: <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Epi Palaeolithic<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;\">, around 15000 BC<\/span><\/strong><strong><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-JO\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-JO;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wadi al-Mataha Burial Excavations at Wadi al-Mataha in Petra uncovered a 17,000-year-old burial with a remarkably well preserved skeleton. This is among the earliest known human remains in Jordan. Analysis of the skeletal remains revealed that the individual buried was a male hunter between 35 to 55 years old, who had no signs of disease or trauma. His right arm was stronger than his left as a result of hunting with a spear. He was also short and strong from moving around the rugged terrain of southern Jordan. These characteristics are typical of people before they began to live more settled lives and start to farm. After his death, an oval hole was cut into his skull just above the forehead, and his arms were pinned with his legs behind his back. His body was then placed face down in an unprepared depression, along with a few objects that may have been personal possessions. These included a stone bowl with a hole chipped into its base and a large flint knife. The burial was then filled with stones. \u201cScholars are still unable to provide an explanation for the hole on his skull and the position of his dead body; and whether these are signs of respect or contempt. Site: Wadi al-Mataha in Petra. \u00a0 Period: Epi Palaeolithic, around 15000 BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_canvas","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category---en","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jm-qr-objects.jo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}