Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Natufian Shaman

Photo: A picture released by Israel's Antiquity Authority shows some of the 50 tortoise shells alongside a 12,000-year-old skeleton of a female shaman during excavations in the Galilee area of northern Israel







Time Online has a good article on the Natufian woman found during excavations in Israel. The article provides additional information on Natufian culture, on shamanism, and other details about the woman and the artifacts discovered in her tomb.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary


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OBO said...

http://donsmaps.com/dolnivi.html
The oldest shaman grave in the know world is Dolni Vestonice Czech Republic 27000 years old and carbon dated in America. National geographic Oct no174 1988.