Pages: 211-227 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp234211227
The article studies a Roman burial of a child with a large number of dogs, found in Deir El-Banat necropolis (Fayum, Egypt). The burial is unique not only for the Fayum oasis, but for the whole Egypt. More than 140 mummified dogs were found in the child’s burial. The dogs were of different breeds and ages, mostly puppies. It is suggested that adult dogs and puppies, in particular, were specially raised and prepared to be buried with the child. Some dogs were made up of anatomically misplaced parts. The child was 8—9 years old at the time of death. For burial, he was dressed in a tunic, with his hands fixed and his head in a bag. The child, most likely, was ill with anemia and died from this disease.
Keywords: Egypt, Fayum oasis, Greco-Roman period, burial rite, osteology, odontology
Information about authors:
Sergey Vasilyev (Moscow, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Lenin Ave., 32-A, Moscow, 119334, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-0128-6568
Galina Belova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Center for Egyptological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Lenin Ave., 29/8, Moscow, 119071, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-0642-8820
Arkady Savinetskiy (Moscow, Russian Federation). Doctor of Biological Sciences. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution. Lenin Ave., 33, Moscow, 119071, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Svetlana Borutskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Lomonosov Ave., 27-4, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-0753-151X
Natalia Kharlamova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Lenin Ave., 32-A, Moscow, 119334, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-9087-9490