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Assyrian Royal Horse Bridle
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Assyrian Royal Horse Bridle

This gypsum wall panel depicts two female courtiers in front of a table, on which the royal horse bridle has been placed. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurbanipal II, 660-650 BCE. From the North Palace at Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day...
Part of an Unfinished Horse in Limestone
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Part of an Unfinished Horse in Limestone

The outline is incised and then roughly cut round. A bridle is indicated and, on the extreme left, perhaps the knee of the rider. Presented by the Committee of the British School at Athens. Greek, about 500 BCE. From the Sanctuary of Artemis...
Odin & his Horse Sleipnir
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Odin & his Horse Sleipnir

The image is to be found in Manuscript AM 738 4to or Edda oblongata, c. 1680 CE. This illustrated copy of the Prose Edda contains 23 drawings of subjects from Norse mythology.
Ivory Horse Frontlet from Nimrud
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Ivory Horse Frontlet from Nimrud

This ivory piece is part of the so-called "equestrian bridle-harness ornaments". It represents the lower part of a hinged frontlet, virtually complete. Most of the hinges and much of the iron pin have survived. A figure of the Egyptian...
Colossal Statue of a Persian Rider on a Rearing Horse
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Colossal Statue of a Persian Rider on a Rearing Horse

The rider wears a tunic and trousers in the Persian fashion. He probably formed part of a hunting scene on one of the ledges around the podium. The upper part of the rider (now lost) was carved from a separate piece of marble and attached...
The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot
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The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot

Exhibition curator Nigel Tallis introduces The horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot. A free exhibition at the British Museum until 20 September 2012.
Chief Arvol Looking Horse Speaks of White Buffalo Prophecy
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Chief Arvol Looking Horse Speaks of White Buffalo Prophecy

Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe. The leader of the Lakota Dakota Nakota Oyate, the great Sioux nation, is a man with a vision. A Great Urgency: To All World Religious and Spiritual...
Burlington Bay Horse Ferry
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Burlington Bay Horse Ferry

In 1983 CE, an almost intact horse-powered boat or ferry was discovered in Burlington Bay. Known as the Burlington Bay Horse Ferry, it is an example of the type of vessel that was a popular form of transportation across the lake between Vermont...
Great Sioux War
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Great Sioux War

The Great Sioux War (also given as the Black Hills War, 1876-1877) was a military conflict between the allied forces of the Lakota Sioux/Northern Cheyenne and the US government over the territory of the Black Hills and, more widely, US policies...
The Greek Hero Bellerophon and his Flying Horse Pegasus
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The Greek Hero Bellerophon and his Flying Horse Pegasus

Bellerophon or Bellerophontes is a hero in Greek mythology who is best known as the man who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. Bellerophon was the son of Poseidon the god of the sea and horses and Euynome, though his mortal father is given as...
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