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Aboriginal artists painted giant ancestral beings as colonization arrived, study finds
Slithering across the ceiling of an Australian rock shelter is a giant snake with a crocodile-like head, razor-sharp teeth and a long tongue.
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A giant snake painting spanning more than six metres stretches across the ceiling of an Australian rock shelter in Arnhem Land. The artwork depicts a serpent with a crocodile‑like head, sharp teeth and a long tongue, making it one of the largest known Rainbow Serpent images recorded in the region. The study highlights the scale of such ancestral depictions as European colonisation arrived in the area.
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