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1,800-Year-Old Horse Buried With Grave Goods Suggests Deep Bond Between a Roman Soldier and His Steed
Roughly 1,800 years ago, a Roman cavalry horse died of unknown causes. The animal’s human rider, a Roman soldier, buried the ...
Archaeologists uncover massive number of horse skeletons at 'important' Roman military site
Archaeologists in Stuttgart, Germany, uncovered over 100 horse skeletons believed to have been part of a Roman cavalry unit.
Archaeologists Unearth Roman Horse Cemetery With 100 Skeletons
“The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse” is a saying that holds true for the Roman Empire, which expanded ...
A Construction Crew Accidentally Uncovered the Remains of 100+ Horses
The site, which likely once housed a roman cavalry unit, shows evidence of the respect soldiers had for their mounts.
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Soldier’s grief at horse’s death shown 1,800 years later as Roman skeleton found with grave gifts
The discovery of a Roman horses’ graveyard shows a soldier’s grief at the loss of his equine partner, 1,800 years later. An excavation carried out by the state office for monument preservation (LAD) ...
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Over 100 Horse Skeletons from a Roman Cavalry Unit from the 2nd Century A.D. Found in Stuttgart
Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation of the Stuttgart Regional Council have found the remains of ...
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100 Roman military horse skeletons unearthed at second-century site in Germany
These horse skeletons belonged to a Roman cavalry unit stationed at Hallschlag. Due to a new construction project undertaken by the Stuttgart Housing and Urban Development Company (SWSG ...
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Lancaster Roman Cavalry Tombstone
Following painstaking conservation and reassembly of broken parts it is now the centrepiece of the Roman gallery in Lancaster City Museum, part of Lancashire County Museum Service.