AMMAN Pithos is the Greek name for a large storage container popular in the area of Mediterranean during the Neolithic, the Bronze and the Iron Age. The large container was used to keep fluids and grains in the household or during the maritime trade. Archaeologists found human bones in some pithoi as they were transformed into a coffin for funerary rituals. The huge lid
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IRBID The Museum of Social History at Yarmouk University centres around showcasing the socio-economic development of Jordan and the surrounding regions from the stone age until today, highlighting the major stages and changes which took place throughout the history of the region, according to a Jordanian archaeologist.