35,000-year-old ‘tortoise shell’ carving may be Holy Land’s oldest evidence of ritual behavior

35,000-year-old ‘tortoise shell’ carving may be Holy Land’s oldest evidence of ritual behavior

The grooves intentionally sculpted into the granite stone more than 35,000 years earlier have actually been compared to the pattern on a tortoise shell. (Image credit: Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities…

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