While archaeologists have previously documented a few similar examples of ancient Roman pet monkeys elsewhere, they genetically traced back to the Barbary macaques of Africa. “The Berenike burials of ...

Darwin was found in the parking lot of the Ikea on December 9, 2012. The seven-month old rhesus macaque Japanese monkey had on a sheepskin coat and was wandering about alone. Photos of the little guy ...

There were many ways in which the elites of ancient Roman society flaunted their wealth. They built vast villas, sponsored extravagant games and imported luxury goods. And military top brass, at least ...

Roman military officers stationed in Egypt kept pet monkeys imported from India as a symbol of wealth, according to a new study of an ancient animal cemetery containing the bodies of dozens of ...

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The recent archaeological discovery also deepens our understanding of trade networks between India and the Roman Empire.

A crazed pet monkey sparked chaos when it attacked two children in Thailand. The five-year-old male macaque escaped from its cage and bit the youngsters in a housing estate in Samut Prakan on April 29 ...

Roman military officers kept monkeys as companions and even gave them their own pets - Remains in an ancient cemetery provide first physical proof of live animal trade from India to Roman Egypt ...