Archaeologists Find 9,000-Year-Old Shrine in Jordan Desert

Archaeologists Find 9,000-Year-Old Shrine in Jordan Desert
Two carved standing stones at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. Tourism Ministry via AP
The Associated Press
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AMMAN, Jordan—A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert.

The ritual complex was found in a Neolithic campsite near large structures known as “desert kites,” or mass traps that are believed to have been used to corral wild gazelles for slaughter.