New research indicates that a turtle may be the oldest religious symbol worshiped in the Middle East, with evidence found in Manot Cave, Israel, dating back 37,000 years. The cave shows signs of spiritual rituals and communal gatherings around a tortoise shell carving. This discovery sheds light on the religious practices of Upper Paleolithic humans and their reverence for tortoises, which were significant in various cultural myths. Teljes cikk (Euronews.com)