In the Bible, the book of Exodus names Canaan – ancient Palestine and Phenicia from about 3000 BC. – a good and spacious land where milk and honey flow. Flocks of sheep and goats flourished there, and where flocks, there were dogs. The dogs of these ancient Middle Eastern communities were known as Keleth Kanani, which means the Canaan dog in Hebrew. It is likely that Keleth Canani was not much different from his modern descendant, the Canaan dog. The drawings of tombs from Beni Hasan in Egypt, dating from 2200-2000. BC, depicts dogs with smooth coats, spiky ears and bushy tails curling over their backs. Undoubtedly they had the same alert, wary, inquisitive expression that is characteristic of today’s Canaanite dogs, a breed that may well be a living portrait of early domestic dogs.