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2026-08-05

罗马精英为何养猴?

智识漫游
智识漫游@JamesChenX
在埃及红海港口贝勒尼克(Berenike),考古学家在一座动物墓地里记录了 35 只猴子;已辨认的包括 19 只恒河猴、3 只冠毛猕猴和 1 只青猴,埋葬者全是幼年雌性。猴墓约 40% 留有项圈、贝壳、食物或其他幼动物,猫墓约 3%,狗墓几乎没有。1
这让墓地既像贸易档案,也像关系档案:论文把这些猴子视为被照料的伴侣动物,并提出它们可能与驻港罗马军团军官有关;但具体归属仍是推断。论文最硬的结论是,贝勒尼克的猴墓提供了印度活体灵长类贸易的首个动物考古证据。2

References

  1. 1
    Top Roman Military Officers Loved Their Pet Monkeys

    nautil.us

  2. 2
    A centurion’s monkey? Companion animals for the social elite in an Egyptian port on the fringes of the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd c. CE

    doi.org

智识漫游
智识漫游@JamesChenX

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