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Australian boab carvings

A boab tree with a snake carving in Australia’s Tanami Desert.
A boab tree with a snake carving in Australia’s Tanami Desert. Photo: Darrell Lewis

Archaeologists have found centuries-old carvings on 12 boab trees in northern Australia. The exact age of the carvings is not yet known, but the archaeological team (working with First Nations Australians) believe the imagery is connected to Indigenous oral traditions.