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CHAPTER 5 - ANCIENT EGYPT, HUNTING WITH NETS AND WITH
DOGS
“In early primitive societies, people hunted animals to survive (the meat served as a food
supplement), to protect their fields or domestic animals from being eaten by wild carnivores.
The wild animals were shot with a bow, caught in traps or killed in other ways that suited
the ingenuity of the people” [38].
Naqada I culture in Upper Egypt, hunter with bow and four dogs
on a leash. Possibly in an area fenced with nets. Ceramics 2947,
Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, origin unknown [39].
The hunting scenes from the Predynastic period in Egypt (especially from the Naqada I-II
periods, 4000-3800 BC) are one of the most unusual decorative themes of the pottery
marked with white cross lines. They document the importance of this activity, not only
for food procurement, but also and above all for its social and political significance [40].
