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Ancient legends reveal why dogs are humanity’s most loyal companions

From folktales to epics dogs appear again and again beside humanity. Long before modern science explained canine behaviour or ...
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9 Mythical Creatures That Were Inspired by Real Prehistoric Animals

Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in the dirt and stories passed around the fire, and sometimes, those stories ...
Newsweek

Archaeology: Ancient Greek Mosaic Found With Hybrid Human-Animal Spirits

A remarkable mosaic floor depicting two human-animal hybrid spirits has been uncovered at the site of an ancient Greek city. The mosaic was identified in the modern town of Eretria on the island of ...
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Exhibit at Walters Art Museum explores ancient tradition of mummified animals

DONALDSON TAKES A LOOK INSIDE. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ARTIFACT FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPT IS ACTUALLY MUMMIFIED ANIMALS. THERE WERE 7 MILLION DOGS THAT WERE MUMMIFIED, FOUND SO FAR, 4 ...
Al-Monitor

Tiny carved animals found in Turkey tell story of prehistoric myth making

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A set of carved stone animals - a fox, a vulture and a wild boar - is shedding light on the way prehistoric people told stories after being unearthed by archaeologists in ...