Niches abound funerary paintings , artwork and writings that reveal how people in all walks of protected and loved dogs , whom they regarded as one of the family.
From the tombs of Maihergei , in the Valley of the Kings , were unearthed painted leather dog collars pink, green and white with metal fixtures as jumping horses ( those you could see in the Cairo Museum , where they are exposed ) .
" Great honors were paid to the dog ," wrote Plutarch ( Greek biographer and philosopher 46-120 BC) who testified that the death of a pet produced great distress . " The members of the family shaved their body and head in order to soothe your pain."
Preparations for the dog's death were very similar to the deaths of humans. In the moneyed classes , the pomp was greater.
A papyrus of the Old Kingdom (2680-2180 BC) certifies that a dog named Abutin (meaning pointy ears ) was much loved by its owner Pharaoh who ordered the death of his sarcophagus animal that became part of royal treasury , and embalm it with incense inhumaran you to take then to the grave to honor him like a nobleman of the court is involved.
The lives of pets for those times were full of attention and care , received the best food, were bathed and brushed and had pet names that included the word abu ( revered , beloved father), ubis ( protector) or hhi ( mine) .
Archaeologists have translated almost eighty dogs names . Some are a representative of the personality trait of the animal or refer to the work they performed or the talent they had, as a faithful , good shepherd ... Other physical characteristics or fur and war dogs used to have by name a number, the second the Third ... but differed in the battle for his daring and courage were added after a nickname , Middle Courageous, by way of example .
There was also sarcastic names and with a certain grace , like crazy , lazy ...
But all was not idyllic in this land of pharaohs , had dogs that were despised , for that submission and docility characteristic of the species .
The streets of Luxor and Memphis , crowded with garbage why stray or lost dogs roamed in search of food . The laws prevented beggars bother the dogs and cats . With such poor hygiene protection and you can imagine the packs circulating in these cities. What precipitated chelates anger came to "Empire" but far from intimidating the people, paradoxically , used them as guardians. The police had the market , nobles , temples ...
Figures and realize murals dog breeds at the time, not only the foreign but also imported . Some graves have in their paintings faraonhound or Dalmatian , who once were the favorite of Egyptian nobility .
Papyrus and bas-reliefs give us information on three types of hounds , as the Spanish Greyhound , the Italian Greyhound thumbnail or Afghanistan.
Races and care .
They were bred in courtyards built of adobe and attached to the house , the care and training of dogs were assigned to one skilled in the trade, which as it seems even had trade union.
At this time also had playgrounds for dogs, where their handlers released them so that in their games, seek and charged leather baits rabbit or antelope.
Everything appears funeral faithfully represented in frescoes found in Circa (as it was formerly Alexandria ) about 2000 BC in which you can see a pack of hunting hounds very similar to the current Greyhound .
Inventories of archaeological data and bone pieces include dogs that were once gifts nearby regions such as Libya and Nubia , in deference to the pharaoh.
A text tells us that Pharaoh Inteff II ( 2180 BC) had in his possession a small pack of dogs coming from different countries.
By 1600 BC the Molossian enter the scene and call for military use . By far, it appears that these dogs were brought by the Hyksos , as they invaded Egypt , precisely in this historical strip .
This available invading civilization much more advanced weaponry such as horses and dogs heavy and muscular. Mortuary Paintings and reliefs show a very similar to the current dogs mastiff and no documents that prove that the joined the army as attack dogs .
Like the Etruscans wore a necklace of strangulation, but in temples and palaces as in the contests they put a pinch collar ( in Rome and Pompeii called conflict or carlancas collars ) together with sawn -shaped lomeras and caps to protect them from the spears of the opponent .
As the military hunting dogs lived indoors short leashes to make them more ferocious . Only the trainers could care for and feed them.
Their diet consists mainly of deer meat or lion hunters were specialized in this type of hunting whose sole purpose was to feed these dogs , much care was matched very well because in the wars with bloody battles fiercely attacked men, horses, foot soldiers ... which put them ahead amply helping to decimate the ranks of the enemy.
As for breeding races would not be surprising that as very normal in Egyptian society pairings with degree of consanguinity , not do the same with dogs.
The medical papyri that have survived to this day have no knowledge say genetics, but really in this field ( medicine ), they were way ahead of contemporary societies , so discard physical selections , hair color ...
Many Dog experts say the Ibizan Hound, Greyhound , Saluki ... dogs are descendants of ancient Egyptians.
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