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    Chariot burials are tombs in which the deceased was buried together with their chariot, usually including their horses and other possessions. An instance...
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    BCE, evidence of chariots appears in Asia-Minor. The earliest fully developed spoke-wheeled horse chariots are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo...
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    The Waldalgesheim chariot burial (German: Waldalgesheimer Fürstengrab) was a 4th-century BC Celtic princely chariot burial site in Waldalgesheim, Germany...
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    of horse burial is part of a wider tradition of horse sacrifice. An associated ritual is that of chariot burial, in which an entire chariot, with or without...
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    sixth-century Etruscan bronze anywhere in the world". The Monteleone chariot was part of a chariot burial, containing the remains of two human corpses, along with...
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  • Arras culture (category Chariot burials)
    similarities with those of the La Tène culture. The inhumations include chariot burials, or burials in square enclosures, or both; in contrast to continental inhumations...
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    life-sized sculpture of a warrior that stood above the Glauberg burials Chariot burial found at La Gorge Meillet (St-Germain-en-Laye: Musée des Antiquités...
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    The ancient Chinese chariot (traditional Chinese: 戰車; simplified Chinese: 战车; pinyin: zhànchē; lit. 'war vehicle') was used as an attack and pursuit vehicle...
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    Ratha (redirect from Rath (chariot))
    oxen, as seen on petroglyphs). No Andronovian chariot burial has been found south of the Oxus. Chariots figure prominently in the Rigveda, evidencing...
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  • Wetwang Slack (category Chariot burials)
    Age archaeological site containing remains of the Arras culture and chariot burial tradition of East Yorkshire. Archaeological investigation took place...
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    to Ship burials. Ímar Ua Donnubáin, legendary Irish navigator of partial Norse descent Stone ship Tombs of boat-shaped coffins Chariot burial (Iron Age...
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    Vix Grave (category Chariot burials)
    The Vix Grave is a burial mound near the village of Vix in northern Burgundy. The broader site is a prehistoric Celtic complex from the Late Hallstatt...
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  • the human remains, including weapons, beads, pots, and a rare chariot burial. The burial ground consists of several dozen barrows located off Burnby Lane...
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    The remains of an Iron Age chariot burial were found near the Bronze Age burial mound at Huly Hill, Newbridge in Scotland, 14 km west of Edinburgh city...
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    Manjul, director of the excavations, as chariots, and he further notes that "the rituals relating to the Sanauli burials showed close affinity with Vedic rituals...
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    war chariots come from Indo-European burials in the Ural steppes dated to around 2000 BC and became widespread around Eurasia by 500 BC. Chariots with...
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    the gold torc from the La Tène period chariot burial of a princess, found in the Waldalgesheim chariot burial in Germany, and others found in female...
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    The King's Grave (category Chariot burials)
    animals (including birds and fish), ships, lurs being played, symbols and a chariot drawn by two horses and having four-spoked wheels. The site was used as...
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  • Montenegro, c. 2200 BC Gold bull figurine, North Caucasus, c. 3200 BC Chariot burial Megalithic tomb Old European hydronymy Helladic period Nordic Bronze...
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    the burials of chariots, dating from around 2000 BC and possibly earlier. The chariots are found with paired horse-teams, and the ritual burial of the...
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    the Marne department in north-eastern France. An important Iron Age chariot burial of 450-300 BC was found in the vicinity of the village in the nineteenth...
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    Chariot racing (Greek: ἁρματοδρομία, harmatodromía; Latin: ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sports. In...
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  • the Sintashta-Petrovka burials, dotted over the area of some 10 km2. Particularly notable is one of the earliest chariot burials in the world, dated to...
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    evidence of early use of the horse as a means of transport is from chariot burials dated c. 2000 BC. However, an increasing amount of evidence began to...
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    of La Tène material from eastern France, including the Somme-Bionne chariot burial and the Prunay Vase, (450-300BC) Important finds from the River Thames...
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    note on Chariot Burials found at Sinauli district Baghpat U.P" (PDF). Indian Journal of Archaeology. Kumar, Vijay. "A note on Chariot Burials found at...
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    settlement in the Lothians. The remains of an Iron Age chariot burial were found near the Bronze Age burial mound at Huly Hill, Newbridge, in advance of development...
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    "Pembrokeshire chariot burial finds ruled as treasure". BBC News. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019. Huw Thomas (26 June 2019). "Late Iron Age chariot pieces...
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    archaeological evidence. Chariots also played an important role in the warfare and culture of various Celtic groups, with chariot burials being an important...
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    Tumulus (redirect from Burial mound)
    stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or (in Siberia and Central Asia) kurgans, and may be found throughout...
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