Botswana "Snake Rock" religion

[x3n]

This could also go in Worldwide, but I thought it could sit here for some discussion. Ship it over if you wish.


Botswana "snake rock" may show Stone Age religion
Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:27 PM GMT20
By Alister Doyle

OSLO (Reuters) - Carvings about 70,000 years old on a snake-like rock in a cave in Botswana indicate that Stone Age people developed religious rituals far earlier than previously believed, a researcher said on Thursday.

Ancestors of Botswana's San people apparently ground away at a natural outcrop about 2 metres high and 6 metres long (6 by 20 ft) to heighten its similarity to a python's head and body, said Sheila Coulson, an associate professor at Oslo University.

"We believe this is the earliest archaeological proof of religion," Coulson, a Canadian expert in Stone Age tools, told Reuters of findings made during a trip in mid-2006 to the Tsolido Hills in northwestern Botswana.

The previous oldest archaeological evidence of religious worship is about 40,000 years old from European caves. The Botswana find bolsters evidence that modern humans originated in Africa, along with religion and culture.

From REUTERS UK
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[AYHJA]

What I find interesting more than any other thing, is how the first signs of religion always implicate a snake...It certainly makes one wonder, that's for sure...

[Pete]

I'm wondering about the snake too.....

Maybe the whole "serpent/snake = devil" thing is just another rejection of pre-Christian religions. What was revered then became looked down upon....
Like how the Ancient Egyptians considered cats lucky, and then black cats were considered to bring bad luck.
So the Bible was altered again.........

Thanks for the news x3n.