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4 Μαρ 2021 · In Egypt, a decade of excavations at the ancient Red Sea port of Berenice (Berenike) has revealed what some researchers are calling the world’s oldest pet cemetery. Nearly 600 animals,...
- The Final Resting Places of 7 Famous Dogs
Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie, a large, brown,...
- The Final Resting Places of 7 Famous Dogs
In 1830, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg accounted of having observed three different small cat forms in Egypt: the jungle cat, the African wildcat, and a sacred cat that was intermediate in size between the jungle cat and the domestic cat.
5 Μαρ 2021 · Is This 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Burial Site the World’s Oldest Pet Cemetery? Excavations show how humans treated cats, dogs and monkeys in first- and second-century Egypt
26 Φεβ 2021 · The site, located in the early Roman port of Berenice, was found 10 years ago, but its purpose was mysterious. Now, a detailed excavation has unearthed the burials of nearly 600 cats and dogs, along with the strongest evidence yet that these animals were treasured pets.
18 Μαρ 2016 · The ancient Egyptians kept animals as pets ranging from domesticated dogs and cats to baboons, monkeys, fish, gazelles, birds (especially falcons), lions, mongoose, and hippos. Crocodiles were even kept as sacred animals in the temples of the god Sobek.
8 Απρ 2004 · This new find, from the Neolithic village of Shillourokambos, predates early Egyptian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more.
1 Ιαν 2023 · In ancient Egypt, dogs are attested as early as the Naqada period, based on the physical evidence from graves, inscriptions, and wall paintings. Bones of the first dogs have been found at Merimde, one of the earliest Egyptian sites in the West Nile Delta.
