When video of a dog at the top of an Egyptian pyramid in Giza went viral last week, tens of millions of social media users were simultaneously delighted and baffled. How did the dog get up there, and ...

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A dog mummy has revealed the first archaeological evidence of bloodsucking parasites plaguing Fido's ancestors in Egypt during the classical era of Roman rule. The preserved parasites discovered in ...