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not be possible to know for sure that a culture wor- shipped gods until we can read their names—that is, until the literate societies of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, some 5000 years ago. Those early empires had both secu- lar and religious hierarchies, with priestly elites and some- times a god-king
ndi- viduals, including a 9-year-old child with its legs bent and a deer antler in its arms. And starting about 65,000 years ago or even ear- lier, Neandertals also sometimes buried their dead. Henry de Lumley of the Institut de Paltiontologie Humaine in Paris has referred to these ancient burials as "the
ssible to know g for sure that a culture wor- d shipped gods until we can read I their names—that is, until the e literate societies of ancient $ Mesopotamia and Egypt, I some 5000 years ago. Those g early empires had both secu- € lar and religious hierarchies, 6 • with priestly elites and some- • times
ndi- viduals, including a 9-year-old child with its legs bent and a deer antler in its arms. And starting about 65,000 years ago or even ear- lier, Neandertals also sometimes buried their dead. Henry de Lumley of the Institut de Paleontologie Humaine in Paris has referred to these ancient burials as "the
ot be possible to know E for sure that a culture wor- shipped gods until we can read their names—that is, until the literate societies of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, g some 5000 years ago. Those 2 early empires had both seen- 1 lar and religious hierarchies, with priestly elites and some- times a go
ndi- viduals, including a 9-year-old child with its legs bent and a deer antler in its arms. And starting about 65,000 years ago or even ear- lier, Neandertals also sometimes buried their dead. Henry de Lumley of the Institut de Paleontologic Humaine in Paris has referred to these ancient burials as 'the
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