When it comes to the fascination with exotic species, the ancient Egyptians seem to have got there first. Archaeologists working at a cemetery in Hierakonpolis, a thriving city by the Nile in the fourth millennium BC, have uncovered a zoo’s worth of skeletons of baboons, hippopotamuses, leopards, elephants and crocodiles. These were not pampered pets; the remains reveal scars from beatings and broken bones from tethering.
說(shuō)到對(duì)奇異物種的迷戀，古埃及人大概算是最早的。在耶拉孔波利斯(Hierakonpolis)（前4千紀(jì)尼羅河畔一個(gè)繁榮城市）遺留下來(lái)的一個(gè)墓地工作的考古學(xué)家們，發(fā)現(xiàn)了足以組成一個(gè)動(dòng)物園的動(dòng)物骨骼，包括狒狒、河馬、豹子、大象和鱷魚。它們并非嬌生慣養(yǎng)的寵物；遺骸上顯現(xiàn)出因毆打?qū)е碌陌毯酆鸵虮焕壎鴶嗔训墓趋馈?/p>
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