‘A carved limestone mural of a dog from Giza, Egypt, dated to about 4 400 years ago. Again, the dog has the snout, ears, build and tail seen in today’s Africanis. (Wikimedia Commons, via the Walters Art Museum)’

Published at 890 × 645 in Africanis, the original dog of Africa

A carved limestone mural of a dog from Giza, Egypt, dated to about 4 400 years ago. Again, the dog has the snout, ears, build and tail seen in today’s Africanis. (Wikimedia Commons, via the Walters Art Museum)

A carved limestone mural of a dog from Giza, Egypt, dated to about 4 400 years ago. Again, the dog has the snout, ears, build and tail seen in today’s Africanis. (Wikimedia Commons, via the Walters Art Museum)

A carved limestone mural of a dog from Giza, Egypt, dated to about 4 400 years ago. Again, the dog has the snout, ears, build and tail seen in today’s Africanis. (Wikimedia Commons, via the Walters Art Museum)