Skeleton and belongings found in Gohar Tepe (Archive Photo)
Posted on 11/24/2006 7:21:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Discovery of a jar containing the skeleton of a dog in a human grave for the first time in Gohar Tepe, northern Iran, has puzzled archeologists. The two skeletons are dated to the 1st millennium BC... Human burials in jars have commonly been observed in different historic sites of Iran. Similar examples of jar burials of humans have also been found in Gohar Tepe. However, this is the first time that the skeletons of a dog are found in a jar. This is why the new discovery has astounded the archeologists... According to Mahforouzi, three daggers and eight arrowheads all set in an orderly fashion beside the skeleton can be taken as further indications to the man's high social rank. Such evidence also speaks of a special ritual practiced when burying someone in Gohar Tepe back in the times.
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Skeleton and belongings found in Gohar Tepe (Archive Photo)
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Even back then they realized,
Dogs are people, too.
:-)
So, do you think the dog was sacrificed?
Ancient Doggie ping :)
Maybe the entire culture was built by sentient dogs, and the dog in the jar died of natural causes, and the human was killed to accompany it in the afterlife... ;')
Obviously, none of them have much to do with dogs, otherwise they wouldn't really bat an eye.
Cast of dog, Pompeii
The owners of this dog unfortunately left him tied to a chain when they fled from the House of Orpheus. The dog, who managed to stay alive during the first phase of the eruption, was finally overwhelmed by the last surge on the morning of August 25.
Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption, Field Museum, Chicago (ended March 2006)
One letter writer to, hmm, National Geographic I think, suggested that the dog may have jumped in to save its owner, and thus drowned with him.Anchored in HistorySeveral human bones have been discovered around the site, and last August archaeologists unearthed a complete skeleton, along with that of a dog. The man may have been a stevedore. He was tall for the 1st century B.C.--170 cm--and probably not of Mediterranean origin. Scientists believe he may have been a slave from Scandinavia, and say he had a strong chest and muscular arms. His upper teeth are worn as though they had been used to grip twine or rope for closing sacks and crates... The skeleton was buried under a mass of cargo and debris, with a beam pinned against the neck. The right foot appears to have been wrenched off by a rope that had wrapped around his ankle, perhaps as he went overboard. Archaeologists think he had a pet: the skeleton of a long-bodied dog with short, twisted legs was found lying across his left hand. It is similar to a Basset hound, a breed welcomed on ships as rat catchers. Animal remains are among the most interesting discoveries from the "Port of Marvels," among them 16 dogs.
by Greg Burke
March 13, 2000
Dog collars, maybe...
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