Anglo-Saxon paganism in the seventeenth century by immigrants arriving from Flanders. The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, which is performed annually in the village of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, has also been claimed, by some, to be a remnant of Anglo-Saxon paganism. The antlers used in the dance belonged to reindeer and have been carbon dated to the eleventh century, and it is therefore believed that they originated in Norway and were brought to England some time in the late Mediaeval period, as by that time reindeer were extinct in Britain. Little is known about the cosmological beliefs of Anglo-Saxon paganism. Carver, Sanmark,
Dance in ancient Egypt kept slaves to entertain at their banquets, and present pleasant diversion to their owners. The oldest known depictions of dance in this region are found in Predynastic era rock carvings, a linen shroud, a wall painting, a clay model and pottery in Upper Egypt. The earliest examples of Predynastic dancers come from pottery of the Badarian culture from the 5th millenium B.C. and Naqada I and Naqada II cultures from the 4th millenium B.C. The importance of dance appeared to lessen over time as dancing scenes became rare in the late Naqada period. The first illustrations of dance in Ancient