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English: Arthur Mace and Alfred Lucas, conserve a chariot from Tutankhamun’s tomb outside the 'laboratory' in the neighbouring tomb of Seti II, December 1923. Published in 1928 as part of Mace's obituary.
Celtic chariot burial, France, La Tène culture, c. 450 BC. The Celtic chariot, which may have been called karbantos in Gaulish (compare Latin carpentum), [52] [53] was a biga that measured approximately 2 m (6 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in width and 4 m (13 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length. British chariots were open in front.
Ratha (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrátʰas, Vedic Sanskrit: रथ, IAST: rátha; Avestan: raθa) is the Indo-Iranian term for a spoked-wheel chariot. The term has been used since antiquity for both fast chariots and other wheeled vehicles pulled by animals or humans, in particular the large temple cars or processional carts still used in Indian ...
This chariot was a heavy construction and would sometimes be equipped with scythes on wheels. [4] The momentum of this heavy chariot was sufficient to break through enemy formations acting as heavy shock-troops. However engaging in melee was likely very dangerous as manoeuvring through densely packed infantry formations was unfeasible and any ...
Reconstruction of full chariot setup in the Milwaukee Public Museum, 2022. A study of Tutankhamun's chariots from 2000 found that the structure of the wheels, the spokes, the materials chosen for the sleeve bearings, the use of animal fat for lubrication and the design as a whole are remarkable, being comparable to European carts of the 19th century AD. [4]
Nemesis's chariot, a chariot drawn by griffins. Poseidon's chariot, pulled by hippocampi. Rhea's chariot, drawn by lions. Selene's chariot, drawn across the night sky by her bulls or horses. Sol Invictus's chariot, depicted riding a quadriga on the reverse of a Roman coin. Zeus's chariot, drawn by the four directional winds in horse-shape.
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The pharaoh on a Hittite war chariot Leader riding a chariot holding a bow. Chariotry, the backbone of the Egyptian army, was introduced into ancient Egypt from Western Asia at the end of the Second Intermediate Period (c.1650–1550 BC) / the beginning of the New Kingdom (c.1550–1069 BC). [ 29 ]