Posted on 02/27/2021 3:58:59 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Excavators have discovered a large four-wheel ceremonial chariot at a villa near Pompeii, an ancient city in southern Italy.
Excavators found the bronze and tin chariot almost fully intact, with wooden remains and the imprint of ropes, according to an announcement on Saturday from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii.
"It is an extraordinary discovery for the advancement of our knowledge of the ancient world," said the outgoing director of the park, Massimo Osanna. "At Pompeii vehicles used for transport have been found in the past, such as that of the House of Menander, or the two chariots discovered at Villa Arianna, but nothing like the Civita Giuliana chariot."
The villa, north of Pompeii in Civita Giuliana, had a stable where the remains of three horses were found in 2018, including one which was harnessed. The chariot was found inside a double-level porch which probably faced onto a courtyard, not far from the stable.
The Archaeological Park of Pompeii described the find as "extraordinary" and that "it adds an extra element to the history of the house."
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We were in Pompeii several years ago and, of course, there were numerous excavations taking place. This is truly amazing and exciting!
Um...if it has 4 wheels, isn’t it a wagon?
Just an awesome place...love Pompeii.
Judging by the artwork embossed on the thing, they may uncover the vanity license plate “psy-wgn”.
A 4-wheeled chariot would be a wagon, no?
what’s old is new again... it’s just a prototype for our future rides when the green new deal is fully implemented...
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only if you can afford the horses to pull it ...otherwise its the kids ....
there’s a lot of horse and llama farms where i live...
we won’t have any problems finding something to pull it around here...
there’s a lot of horse and llama farms where i live...
we won’t have any problems finding something to pull it around here...
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At that point, the horses and llamas will have been dinner ... so back to the kids
we’ve also got a lot of cattle, hog, and produce farms around here too...
i live in the wilderness of suwannee county florida...
we’ve also got a lot of cattle, hog, and produce farms around here too...
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All eaten ... see Venezuela
And 2000 year old duct tape!.....................
This was a SUV Chariot.......................
How do they know it was ‘ceremonial’?
It may have been hardly driven.
Owned by a little old lady from Herculaneum who only drove it to Saturnalia on Thursdays...........
It was driven by one of the posh residents of the area, maybe during ceremonies like triumphs. :^)
Or Harleys....................
Looks like it had 4 wheels.
Maybe people paid to be taken for a ride.
Maybe it was a Pakistani Taxi driver’s chariot or an early version of Lyft or Uber.................
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