How Religion Began: From Prehistory to the World's Religions | History for Sleep
Published: September 11, 2026
Duration: 1:32:33
A calm, carefully researched bedtime journey through the history of religion — from some of the earliest surviving traces of human symbolic life to ancient temples, sacred texts and the religious traditions that continue around the world today.
Tonight, travel deep into the human past, long before Christianity, Islam, Buddhism or even the first written names of the gods, and explore what archaeology and history can actually tell us about humanity’s search for meaning.
We begin more than 100,000 years ago, with objects such as shells deliberately selected, modified and worn by ancient people. From there, we enco...
Tonight, travel deep into the human past, long before Christianity, Islam, Buddhism or even the first written names of the gods, and explore what archaeology and history can actually tell us about humanity’s search for meaning.
We begin more than 100,000 years ago, with objects such as shells deliberately selected, modified and worn by ancient people. From there, we enco...