Posted on 08/16/2022 4:25:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
World's oldest wagons Lchashen Armenia lake Sevan – 4,000 years oldOver a dozen rich burials have been excavated in Armenia. The most spectacular were those excavated at Lchashen on the borders of Lake Sevan where a more than a dozen almost complete four-wheeled and two wheeled wagons, as well as two wheeled chariots with spoked wheels were uncovered. Two of these wagons form a spectacular display in the National Museum in Armenia. The four solid wheels are made from three planks of oak, while the interior is covered by a covering of withies. In his chronology (Timeline of the Development of the Horse, 2007) Beverley Davis describes these wagons as follows: "Primitive wagons dating from this time (2000 BCE) have been found in excellent condition in Armenia. These are the oldest known wagons in the world." The wagons have also been included in Prof Stuart Piggott's classic book "The Earliest Wheeled Transport".
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Maybe not as strange as you think.
If you cast off the notion that these semi-stone age American societies were peaceful. Why worry about ease of transport when you can raid the next village for two-legged “beasts of burden”.
Ok, ok....go with the joke please. I’m talking about the little images on the placard in post 2. And you have to have eaten Carvel cakes in New England.
In retrospect, my joke is too layered in nuance. Go Armenia!
Uncle Tanuse taps box
Layered cake? ;^) Armenia, yourmenia, theirmenia...
Uncle Tonoose much happy
The small version (I used “width=500” on the placard) of the winery reminds me of that scene in ‘Timecop’ when the bad guy met himself.
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They obviously could have used horses. Indians wistfully looked over the plains atop their horses, until the white man came and ruined it all. At least that is what Sedona tourist art leads me to believe.
Horses didn’t exist in Western Hemisphere until the Spanish brought them over. Horses were once native, but they died out at the end of the last glaciation. The closest thing to a horse in the Western Hemisphere was the camel cousin - the llama!
I believe adding a “sarc tag” ruins the sarcasm. I rely on readers to glean the context.
I guess but the past is so poorly taught or cared about. Nothing surprises me regarding the gaps in people’s knowledge of that subject. I just automatically assume zero. I should stop that.
I apologize for not getting your sarcasm!
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