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Carter's drawing

On February 25, 1895, after they had tea, And he knew these "Slughis" from the desert
they visited the tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100) nomads, who were still hunting with the
in the Valley of the Kings. Rekhmire, the descendants of the pictured dogs there.

vizier of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II,
portrayed dogs in two scenes, "Slughis or Since hunting scenes were connected with
Nubian greyhounds" [12]: In the tribute the official social position as vizier (he held
scene and in a hunting scene. Newberry second place after the Pharaoh), it is here
knew the Egyptian representations of the perhaps the most interesting presentation of
hunting dogs very well, he had also seen "Slughis" found in ancient Egypt. In the

the representations in the Beni Hasan tribute scene, several "Slughis" are
complex. represented as gifts from Nubia or Punt [13].

Photo of the dogs of the tribute scene, Rekhmire, hatching on
the left hind leg of the dog with the tail carried upright.
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