Chariot Racing: Did you mean...?

A geometric amphora with a battle scene including a chariot. 8th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Paros, Greece)

The Trundholm sun chariot, 1400 BCE. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

A sculpted horse-drawn chariot from Darasuram temple, Tamil Nadu, India. 12th century CE.

Oil lamp decorated with a four-horsed chariot at speed. Made in Italy, c. 40-70 CE. The British Museum, London.

Greek chariot racers from the base of a funerary kouros, later included in the Themistokleian Wall of Athens. 510-500 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

A detail from a floor mosaic depicting a chariot racer, Tarentum, southern Italy, Late 2nd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Italy)

A black-figure kylix (drinking cup) depicting Hercules being driven in a chariot by Hermes. Athena is to the right. Tarentum, southern Italy, 550-520 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Taranto, Italy)

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (Ancient Orient Museum/Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Istanbul, Turkey...

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

Roman mosaic depicting Neptune in his chariot. The god brandishes his trident as he stands in his chariot, which is drawn by four sea horses. From the East Baths of Thamugadi (Timgad), dated to the 3rd century CE. Timgad Museum, Algeria.