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Archaeologists Just Discovered a 4,000-Year-Old Dog Paw Print Preserved in Ancient Brick

chaeologists in Türkiye uncovered an ancient mudbrick bearing a dog’s paw print, preserving a small moment from the Bronze Age.

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It’s such a treat to occasionally find a slab of sidewalk with a permanently imprinted dog paw. It tells a whole, adorable story. Now imagine that dog paw telling a story from 4000 years ago. That’s what happened, according to a social media post shared by Türkiye’s minister of culture and tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy.

Archaeologists excavating the sprawling Bronze Age site of Tavşanlı Höyük have dug up a sun-dried mudbrick with an ancient dog’s paw print stuck in it.

Tavşanlı Höyük’te yaklaşık 4.000 yıllık pati izleri bulduk.........

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