A shrine over 100,000 years old

 Ga-Mohana Hill is a sacred place in the Kalahari, linked to Nnoga ya metsi (the Great Water Snake).

Now we have evidence that this site may have been sacred to humans for over 100,000 years.

The evidence takes the form of a small cache of calcite crystals that were, based on analysis, brought to the site 105,000 years ago. Votive offerings, perhaps? Or the priest's collection of healing crystals?

We might never know, but combined with evidence of people eating around the site, it tells us that humans have been using Ga-Mohana Hill as a place of prayer for countless generations. (And this is an "at least." The site may, of course, be far older).

It's making me feel al little bit small.