In prehistoric and early historic periods of human development, religions existed in which people revered their supreme creator as male. The Great Goddess, the Divine Ancestress, were worshiped as far back as the Upper Paleolithic about 25,000 BC -- not 7000 BC as had been previously believed by archaeologists and scholars …show more content…
In addition to their worship of a Mother Goddess, many other aspects of their culture bear a strong similarity to those of the Hattian people of Turkey. Diggers have discovered that the dead were buried below the floors of the houses, mainly in the shrine rooms. This tradition is also found in Sumer, and was practiced without pause until the end of their civilization around 2000 BCE. Furthermore these Sumerians were known to make a distinctive like handclasp when praying often similar to what we do today, this act is shown in many figures and sculptures. Undeniably, countless of the dead were even found buried with their hands clasped that same