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Post A Reply my profile | directory login | register | search | faq | forum home » EgyptSearch Forums » Egyptology » Ancient humans 'followed rains' » Post A Reply Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Myra Wysinger: [QB] [b]Ancient humans 'followed rains'[/b] BBC: July 21, 2006 Prehistoric humans roamed the world's largest desert for some 5,000 years, archaeologists have revealed. Humid conditions prevailed until about 6,000 years ago, when the Sahara abruptly dried out. There was then a gradual exodus of people to the Nile Valley and other parts of the African continent. The domestication of cattle was invented in the Sahara in the humid phase and was then slowly pushed over the rest of Africa. [URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5192410.stm]BBC Website Article[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]   Instant Graemlins Instant UBB Code™                                   What is UBB Code™? Options Disable Graemlins in this post.   T O P I C     R E V I E W Myra Wysinger Member # 10126 posted Ancient humans 'followed rains' BBC: July 21, 2006 Prehistoric humans roamed the world's largest desert for some 5,000 years, archaeologists have revealed. Humid conditions prevailed until about 6,000 years ago, when the Sahara abruptly dried out. There was then a gradual exodus of people to the Nile Valley and other parts of the African continent. The domestication of cattle was invented in the Sahara in the humid phase and was then slowly pushed over the rest of Africa. BBC Website Article   Djehuti Member # 6698 posted ^This explains why many African pastoralists have a 'cattle cult' as well as a divine kingship cult based on the kings role as rain-maker.   Contact Us | EgyptSearch! (c) 2015 EgyptSearch.com Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3