Swifter Than the Arrow: The Golden Hunting Hounds of Ancient Egypt

by Michael Rice

Book Overview

"Swifter than the Arrow" explores a little-known aspect of life in Ancient Egypt, celebrating the Egyptians as the first known civilisation to have formed the special bond with the dog that persists today as the most remarkable and enduring of human-animal relationships. Five thousand years ago the Egyptians selected and bred hounds for the chase and as the loved companions of both the 'Great Ones' - the ruling classes - and of less exalted folk...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845111168
• ISBN13: 9781845111168
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"