Fidenae, 9th century BCE Near Rome, archaeologists uncovered the remains of a dog buried beneath a tuff and clay structure. Not just a carcass—it was a foundation sacrifice, a ritual meant to protect the newborn settlement. #ancientdog #romandogs #dogarchaeology #archeozoology #romacanesmundi #dog

Even in the 1800s, naturalists like J.J. von Tschudi (1844) and A. Nehring (1884) noticed it. Nehring compared the skull to an English Bulldog: small in size, but with a powerful head and pronounced prognathism. #DogArchaeology #MolosserMystery