Did you know?
D Dog Fan | March 13th, 2008
-The Maltese is one of the most ancient of dog breeds.
- Archeological evidence puts the breed in the Egyptian culture around 300 BC to 600 BC, where they were worshipped by the royal families.
- Their images have been depicted on Greek vases that date back to 500BC.
- The first written record of the Maltese was by Greek Philosopher; Aristotle around 350 BC, where he records the origins of the breed to the island of Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea; and hence its name became “Maltese”.
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