Where do basenjis come from?
Cave drawings in north Africa indicate basenjis have been around since prior to 6000 BC, that is more than 8000 years ago. Artifacts of a dog like a basenji that I saw in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, indicate that during the “Old Kingdom” of Egyptian civilization, basenjis were used to hunt wild game. Many fewer artifacts of basenjis have be found that date back to the Middle or New Kingdom of Egyptian civilization. To me, this suggests that, as Egyptian society evolved an agricultural economy, the people no longer needed hunting dogs. From the Middle Kingdom to the New Kingdom, dogs represented in sculptures, paintings and other artifacts are physically bigger than basenjis.
