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Urartian Horse Mural Fragment
This mural fragment of a running horse once adorned the large palace hall at Erebuni Fortress, which is located in present-day Yerevan, Armenia. It dates from roughly the 8th century BCE. (Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Culture Preserve...

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Haniwa Horse
A terracotta haniwa (tomb-marker) in the form of a horse. Asuka Period, 6th century CE, Japan. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

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Persian Horse Head Rhyton
This is a horse head rhyton cast in silver, dating from the 5th century BCE when Armenia was under Persian control. It was found at the Erebuni Fortress in Yerevan, Armenia. (Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Preserve, Yerevan, Armenia...

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Horse-Figured Temple Pendants from Georgia
Gold temple rings with horse pendants, from the grave of a noblewoman in eastern Georgia, dated to the 4th century BCE.
National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.

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Horse Breastplate with Gorgoneion
Bronze and ivory horse breastplate with the Gorgon's head. From Ruvo, Italy, dated to the end of the 6th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Photo taken at the "Fantastic Creatures of Fear and Myth" exhibition at Palazzo...

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Relief of a Horse Rider from Balat
This rectangular marble piece depicts a horse rider advancing to the right. The upper body is encased in an armor (the shape of the armor fits the anatomical contours of the chest and upper abdomen). He holds a short and wide sword in his...

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Gilt-Bronze Horse Bit from Japan
This gilt-bronze horse bit was excavated from Kenzaki Otsuka, which is located in Japan's Gumna prefecture. It dates from the 6th century CE, during the Kofun period. (Tokyo National Museum)

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Horse Ferry
An example of a horse-powered ferry. This photo was taken in Chillicothe Ohio in 1900 CE, and is a wooden team boat powered by two horses on treadmills, connected to side paddlewheels.

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Fragment of Urartian Horse Harness
This bronze plaque is engraved, at the upper part, with a figure of a god in a winged sun-disc. Originally, this plaque was part of a horse-harness (side-piece ), which was stitched to a leather backing. From Eastern Anatolia, in modern-day...

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Bronze Horse Bit with Winged Goats from Western Iran
Luristan Bronze artefact from Iron Age II or III, c. 950-650 BCE. National Museum of Iran, Tehran. Acc. no. 3915, Photograph by Nima Fakourzadeh (Baloot Noghrei) In archaeology, the cast objects with bronze decorations obtained from the...