Animals Archive
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Horses in war: A history
Posted on June 6, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough impossible to date exactly when horses were domesticated, there is archaeological evidence dating from as early as 4000 BCE that indicates horses were used for riding and driving. -
The Politico-Economic Impact of the Horse on Old World Cultures
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe politico-military and economic importance of the horse will thus be examined in the rise of the Hittite, Achaemenid, Chinese, Arab, and Mongol empires. -
The Eleusinian Mysteries and the Bee
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On the Egyptian origin of the domestic cat
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe traditional opinion is that the cat was domesticated in place in Egypt from wild local stock. SCHAUENBERG (1972) contradicted this hypothesis by showing that the cranial index (ic = cranium length/volume of encephalic cavity) of the modern domestic cat was closer to that of the steppe cat (Felis ornata) of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan than that of the wild Libyan desert cat (Felis libyca). -
Animal spectacula of the Roman Empire
Posted on January 25, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough gladiatorial spectacles in ancient Rome have been the subject of a great deal of recent scholarly literature, comparatively little attention has been paid to the contemporary animal spectacles... -
From War Elephants to Circus Elephants: Humanity
Posted on January 15, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper examines the historical human use and abuse of elephants in an attempt to connect the contemporary use of performing elephants with the ancient use of war elephants and also examines two opposing opinions regarding elephant conservation. -
Tracing the Origins of the Ancient Egyptian Cattle Cult
Posted on January 8, 2012 | No CommentsThe recently discovered cattle tumuli at Nabta Playa in the Western Desert are identified here as a potential source of evidence on the origins of cattle worship in the ancient Egyptian belief system. -
Pharmacological practices of ancient Egypt
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsEgyptian drug therapy can be regarded as having evolved from a system rooted in magic to one of empiric observation applied within a central ideology of health and disease. -
Ancient King Gives Dog A Royal Burial
Posted on December 11, 2011 | No CommentsWhat should be of unusual interest to all dog lovers is the fact that the Harvard-Boston Expedition not so long ago found an inscription recording the burial of a dog named Abuwtiyuw with all the ritual ceremonies of a great man of Egypt, carried out by the orders of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt. -
Dogs were first domesticated in East Asia, research finds
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No CommentsData on genetics, morphology and behaviour show clearly that dogs are descended from wolves, but there
