For example, according to Busuttil, dogs, especially toy breeds such as the Maltese, were very popular as pets, for both men and women. In ancient Greece it was customary for the owners of these companion dogs to also take them on long journeys as a source of companionship and pleasure. The ancient Greek writer Artemidorus expressed the attitude towards keeping Malitai toy dogs as pets by saying that they are “the supreme pleasure of life and the greatest of all pleasures”. (BUSUTTIL 2) This view of dogs as pets could help explain the burial of a single dog with a beef bone placed near its head in