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Turkey: 1,500-year-old House With Puppy Paw Prints And Wall Illusion Discovered
Archaeologists in Turkey recently uncovered paw prints belonging to a dog and goat’s hoof print embedded in the floor of a house dating some 1,500 years.
Archaeologists in Turkey recently uncovered paw prints belonging to a dog embedded in the floor of a house dating some 1,500 years. According to a research published in Live Science, the canine likely stepped on a terra cotta tile that was drying before being fired in a kiln and placed on the floor. The archaeologists also uncovered a goat’s hoof print in another tile, as well as the outline of a chicken made with someone’s fingers and a plaster wall painted to look like marble and draped curtains.
They were in the excavation of a 5th-century house in the ancient city of Sardis
The dog likely stepped on a wet terra cotta tile before it was fired in a kiln
Researchers also found hoof prints and a finger-drawn image of a chicken
Swords and other artifacts suggest the family was in the military or government
The house was destroyed by earthquake in the early seventh century