Mary Allen
Mtundu wa agalu a Basenji ndi wodziwika kwa anthu kwa zaka zoposa zikwi zisanu ndi chimodzi. Izi zimatsimikiziridwa ndi zofukulidwa zakale. Zinthu zambiri zakale zidapezeka pophunzira manda akale a ku Egypt. Zifaniziro zosiyanasiyana, zojambula, ndi mabokosi okhala ndi chifaniziro cha agalu ndi umboni wachindunji wa kugwirizana kwapakati pa munthu, nthawi imeneyo, ndi galu wolemekezeka, wokongola.
#1 Zotsalira za mummified za chiweto cha pharaoh zinapezedwa m'manda a Tutankhamun.
Kafukufuku wasonyeza kuti matupiwo anali a galu wa ku Africa wosauwa, yemwe malo ake amakhulupirira kuti ndi Central Africa. Nyamazo zinkapumira munsalu zapamwamba, zokhala ndi makolala a miyala yamtengo wapatali m’khosi mwawo.
#2 Mafuko amtundu wa ku Congo, Liberia, ndi Sudan ankagwiritsa ntchito kwambiri nyama zachilendozi posaka nyama.
Kwa zaka zambiri anthu akhala akukangana kuti n’chiyani chikuchititsa kuti mtunduwu ukhale wapadera kwambiri moti sungathe kupanga phokoso lolira.
#3 Amakhulupirira kuti “kudumphadumpha” (dzina logwiritsiridwa ntchito ndi mafuko akumeneko kutchula mtunduwo) kunabweretsedwa monga mphatso kwa Aigupto.
Anthu okhala m'dziko la mapiramidi, polemekeza kwambiri nyama zachilendo, amawaona ngati otetezera ku mphamvu zamdima. Ziweto zinkalemekezedwa mpaka kugwa kwachitukuko chachi Greek chakale.