During excavations in 2009 by the North Abydos Project from New York University, at the huge funerary enclosure of the IInd Dynasty King Khasekhemwy (c.2750 B.C), several pots containing dogs turned up in the soft sandy fill inside the enclosure. Professor of Egyptology, Salima Ikram of The American University of Cairo, is an expert in animal mummies and has examined the dogs that cannot be removed from their pots without risking the integrity of the animals.
The article is particularly concentrated on two of the five dogs found, including a large dog that has been affectionately named Houdini and a second, not as well preserved, named Chewie. Neither pot contained fabric, though Chewie was accompanied by the shards of
another pot.
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[Credit: NYU-IFA mission to Abydos/Discovery News]
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