4,000 years ago, in the Turkmen desert, someone buried a small dog wrapped in a blanket sewn with tiny white beads. The cloth is dust. The beads remain. This is Gonur Depe, Bronze Age city of the Oxus. A thread on a civilisation that revered its #dogs. #ancientdog #bronzeage #centralasia #book

4,000 years ago, in the Turkmen desert, someone buried a small dog wrapped in a blanket sewn with tiny white beads. The cloth is dust. The beads remain. This is Gonur Depe, Bronze Age city of the Oxus. A thread on a civilisation that revered its #dogs. #ancientdog #bronzeage #centralasia