JERUSALEM, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 35,000-year-old prehistoric ritual complex in Manot Cave, Western Galilee, said a joint statement on Tuesday by the Israel Antiquities Authority and three Israeli universities.
The site described in the journal PNAS, being one of the earliest communal worship locations globally and the first in the ancient Levant, signifies the evolution from individual to organized religious practices, and provides insights into the spiritual life of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, which values the role of rituals and symbols in social cohesion, said the researchers.
