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Published online 15 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030414-4
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Oldest evidence of Andean religion found
God carved on gourd points to cradle of Peruvian culture.
Archaeologists have found the oldest image yet of an Andean religious icon.
The 4,000-year-old carving of the Staff god - a fanged creature with splayed feet, holding a snake and a staff - is on a bowl made from a seed pod.
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