Lamps fueled by oil were common for artificial lighting throughout the Roman Empire. Most were mass-produced from molded pottery, which enabled the addition of decorations on them including representations of mythical figures. Helios (the sun) is displayed in the center.

This mysterious figure is one of the world’s oldest human statues. It is among 32 plaster statues discovered in Amman in the 1980s, not far from The Jordan Museum.

This box shows how different cultures have mixed in our region for centuries. Over 3,000 years old, its decorations were adapted from Egyptian and Near Eastern traditions. It belonged to a resident of the classical city, Pella (now Tabaqat Fahil, Irbid), which Egyptians dominated in the Late Bronze Age

Elaborate limestone architectural frame in the classical Nabatacan style, coated with a delicate whitewash and originally painted with red trim. This frame was found in the debris within the sixth century “Petra Church”, where it was reused as building material.