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Pompeii horse found still wearing harness BBC News
The remains are part of a number of artefacts rescued as the italian military investigated grave robber tunnels.
Pompeii horse discovered during investigation into grave robber tunnels (photos, video) the full body of a horse swamped by lava during the volcanic eruption at pompeii has been unveiled by archaeologists.
Previous excavations have unearthed the remains of donkeys and mules at pompeii, but this is the first complete outline of an ancient horse discovered in the ancient city, the archaeologists said. The horses had all come to a “fierce and terrible end,” osanna said, suffocated by ashes or by the. 79 was found in an ancient stable outside of pompeii’s city walls. The horse was saddled up and ready to leave, possibly to help rescue pompeians fleeing the 79ad eruption of mount vesuvius that buried it in ashes.
Pompeii still hasn't given away all his secrets, cannot wait to see which other items they will discover.
The animal was killed in a flash when the nearby mount vesuvius erupted in 79 a.d. The remains of three horses were found in pompeii, italy. On a recent morning at the necropolis of porta sarno, just outside pompeii’s eastern edge, mattia buondonno gingerly raised a protective tarp covering a tomb discovered last. Horse found in harness at pompeii.
With the saddle and trimmings decorated in bronze.
According to bbc news, the animal skeletons and. 'sorcerer's treasure trove' found in pompeii. Buried beneath volcanic ash and rubble, archaeologists discovered the remains of several horses sunday in the suburbs of pompeii. The latest discovery came during an excavation of a stable at the villa to the north of pompeii, according to massimo osanna, the director of pompeii's archaeological park.
Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong.
Horse discovered in pompeii naples italyvery tall, of highbred, and fully barded; Italian archaeologists have unearthed the petrified remains of a harnessed and saddled horse in the stable of an ancient villa outside pompeii. 0 43 1 minute read. The full body of a horse swamped by lava during the volcanic eruption at pompeii has been unveiled by archaeologists.
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Epa/cesare abbate the remains of a horse still in its harness have been discovered at a villa outside the walls of pompeii, in what archaeologists are hailing as a find of rare importance. The remains are part of a number of artefacts rescued as the italian military. The remains of a horse still in its harness have been discovered at a villa outside the walls of pompeii, in what archaeologists are hailing as a find of “rare importance”. The horse was one of three found in the stable of civita giuliana on the city’s outskirts, though the void left by one of the horses was damaged from grave robbers who had tunneled into the estate, the park said.
Pompeii, italy— the local reports that a horse killed during the eruption of mt.
The “extraordinary” discovery was made outside the city walls, in civita giuliana to the north of pompeii proper, the site's directors announced this week. Lead archaeologist massimo osanna told italian news. An archaeologist inspects the plaster cast of a horse at a villa outside pompeii in italy on dec. Pompeii horse found still wearing harness.
Pompeii horse discovered during investigation into grave robber tunnels (photos, video) by deputy chief editor may 11, 2018.
Subscribe to smithsonian magazine now for just $12. Archaeologists found ornamental pieces of a harness and saddle, suggesting the horse was ready to ride when. Excavation in the area revealed what archaeologists identified as a stable, complete with the. Preserved horse, saddled, harnessed and ready to flee, found in villa outside pompeii.
Italian archaeologists have unearthed the petrified remains of a harnessed and saddled horse in the stable of an ancient villa outside pompeii.
