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Are there likely to be more ancient books still to be discovered in Mexico? asked Sheldwich Primary School. Read what Professor Davide Domenici had to say.
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‘Experts say the dogs’ treatment in death indicated the belief that the animals had an afterlife. Such a status for pets has only previously been seen in ancient Egypt.’ In fact the Aztecs and other peoples from pre-Hispanic Mexico believed very much in an afterlife for dogs...
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Picture from National Geographic report by Dody Fugate: click on link below to see enlarged image |
Recent research from south-west United States (2008) suggests that the practice of burying dogs as divine ‘escorts’ was far more widespread among ancient Americans than previously thought - indeed: ‘The earlier the [human] burial, the more likely you are to have dog in it,’ according to Dody Fugate, an assistant curator at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who conducted the research.
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