Archaeologists think the "charioteer" burial is from the Lugav culture, which occupied the region about 3,000 years ago. But no remains of chariots have ever been found.Image credit: IAET SB RAS
Posted on 07/23/2023 7:35:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in Siberia have discovered the untouched 3,000-year-old grave of a person thought to be a charioteer — indicating for the first time that horse-drawn chariots were used in the region.
The skeletal remains were interred with a distinctive hooked metal attachment for a belt, which allowed drivers of horse-drawn chariots to tie their reins to their waists and free their hands. This type of artifact has also been found in Chinese and Mongolian graves.
Aleksey Timoshchenko, an archaeologist at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Live Science in an email that the object was found in its original placement at the waist of the person in the undisturbed grave...
Timoshchenko led the latest expedition to the Askizsky region of Khakassia in Siberia, where Russian archaeologists have already spent several years excavating areas ahead of the expansion of a railway. The team discovered the charioteer burial and other graves this month near the village of Kamyshta.
Oleg Mitko, an archaeologist at Novosibirsk State University in Russia who's a consultant for the finds but not an expedition member, said objects like the "charioteer's belt" had been found before but not understood.
"For a long time in Russian archaeology this was called a PNN — an 'item of unknown purpose,'" he told Live Science in an email. But recent discoveries of Bronze Age charioteer burials in China, along with the remains of chariots and horses, indicated that "this object is an accessory for a chariot."
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Archaeologists think the "charioteer" burial is from the Lugav culture, which occupied the region about 3,000 years ago. But no remains of chariots have ever been found.Image credit: IAET SB RAS
Archaeologica News Page, July 18th, 2023 Edition
The belt device was a form of “cruise control.”
Interesting, thanks.
Siberia is China.
There are millions of dead prisoners in Siberia.
They found the one guy from 3,000 years ago who fell off his chariot....
DID HE LIKE GLADIATOR MOVIES?......................
Maybe the local magician had something like “going to the movies” to show him.
:^) It’s a big place, the number of spots off-limits for digging take up relatively little space.
Do they know the charioteer’s gender?
Was it a trans?
Was it a Ben Hur?..................
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