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Jordanian amber, dating back about 140 million years to the Early Cretaceous, provides rare insight into insect life and behaviour. Among its most important findings is the direct preservation of insect mating behaviour, a phenomenon rarely recorded in the fossil record.
This rare specimen of Jordanian amber documents a vivid moment from ancient life, showing a moth larva actively feeding on another insect, captured in a real ecological interaction that became frozen within tree resin approximately 140 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.
Haddadin says: “When I visited the Louvre Museum in Paris, I saw the Mona Lisa behind the protective glass. I remembered that Leonardo da Vinci used what was known as ‘egg amber.’ I thought to myself that Da Vinci must have used this egg amber in the painting process—by mixing egg white with linseed oil, coating the canvas before painting, and then leaving it in the sun for a week to dry.”
Wadi Mujib is one of the deepest and most geologically complex valleys in Jordan. Modern studies have traditionally linked its formation solely to the Ghor Rift. However, field evidence from the rocks and strata of Wadi Mujib, rich in well-preserved marine fossils, proves that the valley's origins are much older, dating back to the Tethys Sea era, tens of millions of years before the formation of the Ghor Rift.
The study conducted by scientist Abbas Haddadin indicates that the Black Mountain in Ma'in Hot Springs (Hammamat Ma’in) represents a volcanic plug trapped inside the crater. Meanwhile, the black mud on the Dead Sea shore originates from deposited volcanic ash that was carried by rainwater and valley springs to the Dead Sea, and then deposited by waves on the shore during the Paleocene epoch, about 3 to 7 million years ago, when the volcano in the Ma’in area erupted.
During his visit to the Great Pyramid of Khufu, researcher Abbas Haddadin observed that the summit of the pyramid is still covered with remnants of a transparent, glossy gypsum layer. This material originally coated the pyramid’s apex and gave it a distinctive reflective shine under sunlight.
Coral crabs are among the most beautiful marine crustaceans that live within coral reefs in a unique symbiotic relationship. They seek shelter among coral branches and, in return, clean and protect them from predators such as the crown-of-thorns starfish.
The discovery of amber formed from egg white marks a unique scientific phenomenon observed in Jordan. When an egg is boiled thoroughly and preserved under controlled temperatures between 25°C and 32°C, the white part of the egg gradually undergoes a chemical and structural transformation. Over time, this transformation results in a hard, amber-like material — what I call “Egg Amber.”
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