Egypt
The question of at what point the wild donkey became domesticated and why were these donkeys buried in the sacred precincts at Abydos.
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- More Re Abydos Donkeys
Down To Earth It's a slow news day so here's a somewhat late addition to the summaries about the recent research by Fiona Marshal and her team into the role of donkeys in ancient Egypt for the benefit of those of you who may have missed earlier...
- More Re Donkey Domestication In Ancient Egypt
New York Times (Kenneth Chang) If you are asked for a username and password, enter egyptnews in both fields. When archaeologists excavated brick tombs outside a ceremonial site for an early king of Egypt, they expected to find the remains of high officials...
- More Re Donkey Domestication
Science Daily An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously...
- How Wild Asses Became Donkeys Of The Pharaohs
New Scientist (Andy Choghlan) Thanks to Vincent Brown for pointing this out to me. New Scientist has a feature this week on the domestication of the donkey in Egypt. The article is a summary of research published in Proceedings of the National Academy...
- The Domestication Of The African Wild Ass
http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/9468.html Profile of Fional Marshall, and details of her work into the domestication of the donkey. The donkey was domesticated in Egypt during the late Neolithic period, and was the most important pack animal...
Egypt
Donkeys at Abydos
The question of at what point the wild donkey became domesticated and why were these donkeys buried in the sacred precincts at Abydos.
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20080515&filename=news&sec_id=50&sid=41
- More Re Abydos Donkeys
Down To Earth It's a slow news day so here's a somewhat late addition to the summaries about the recent research by Fiona Marshal and her team into the role of donkeys in ancient Egypt for the benefit of those of you who may have missed earlier...
- More Re Donkey Domestication In Ancient Egypt
New York Times (Kenneth Chang) If you are asked for a username and password, enter egyptnews in both fields. When archaeologists excavated brick tombs outside a ceremonial site for an early king of Egypt, they expected to find the remains of high officials...
- More Re Donkey Domestication
Science Daily An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously...
- How Wild Asses Became Donkeys Of The Pharaohs
New Scientist (Andy Choghlan) Thanks to Vincent Brown for pointing this out to me. New Scientist has a feature this week on the domestication of the donkey in Egypt. The article is a summary of research published in Proceedings of the National Academy...
- The Domestication Of The African Wild Ass
http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/9468.html Profile of Fional Marshall, and details of her work into the domestication of the donkey. The donkey was domesticated in Egypt during the late Neolithic period, and was the most important pack animal...