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San Rock Paintings

18 March 2026
Archaeology, Geology

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/cave-paintings-reveal-strange-creatures/ … we  are told a mysterious rock painting in a cave in southern Africa depicts a horned serpent. It has tusks, and a long oval body. Was this a depiction of prehistoric creatures, as the region it was found has a rich fossil site. One way of looking at it, I suppose. I thought it had similarities with the giant figure in the  Hogar mountains in central Sahara, or the Australian Aboriginal Rainbow Serpent. Are they suggesting the San were into digging up dinosaurs and reptiles out of solid rock. Or did one pop out of its hidey hole – just like that. It clearly depicts something witnessed – but where. In the environment – or in the sky.

The painting, it seems, is dated to the 19th century – so what was this huge serpent with tusks? Something out of the collected memory hole of the San people – just as the Rainbow Serpent must go back long ago. Possibly as far as the Late Glacial Maximum – or the early Holocene. We are also told it was also related to rain – and therefore has similarities with the weather gods, a worldwide phenomenon.

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/50000-year-old-crater-arizona-earths-past/ … a crater in Arizona, the so called Meteor Crater. It provides us with a clue to our recent geological history. It is a well preserved impact  site, 4000 feet in diameter and 700 feet deep. A big lump struck the Earth and it is now an open air laboratory, providing a lot of information about shocked rocks and other impact features.

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