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#FindsFriday Baboons were kept by Ancient Egyptians and generally didn't fare well. Many suffered from rickets from vitamin D deficiency, probably caused by a lack of sunlight.
This was discovered by a new study on these baboons #science#animals#zooarchaeology#baboon
Laying out a Medieval skeleton of a cat 🐈 Poor cat, but really interesting for #archaeologists. It's not clear how the cat died but it was an adult. #zooarchaeology#animals
We all been blown away with the tremendous support for Phase 1 of our grassroots project. We thank you all ❤️. Our crowdfunder closes tonight and we will move into Phase 2 with all our #dogs and #horses by our side as we time travel back over a 1000 years ago and see what’s going on! #zooarchaeology#archaeology#thankyou
I’m always happy to receive archaeological bone assemblages… and they come in a variety of boxes/containers. This one made me smile 😂 Now let’s see what’s inside! #irisharchaeology#zooarchaeology