1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists
1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists
Archaeologists aren't sure why a lynx and four dogs were buried together in Hungary around 1,500 years ago.
The discovery of a lynx buried with four dogs at an early-medieval settlement in Hungary is confounding archaeologists, as these wild cats are rarely found in archaeological digs.
The fifth-to-sixth-century pit, which was about 4.6 feet (1.4 meters) deep, contained a complete lynx skeleton at the bottom and the skeletons of four dogs — the size of present-day pointers or German shepherds — layered on top of it. Possible interpretations of the unique find, such as a hunting accident and a lynx cult, are detailed in a new study published March 21 in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.
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Could they have been pets?
Thinking pet pit. Dig 1 deep hole and then bury as they die.
It seems to describe that they were all buried at the same time.
This really seems the obvious answer