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Though Early Modern British horsemen, like generations of their descendants, preferred hunting to schooling, “manège riding,” “had been practiced at the English court since the early sixteenth century”.
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The remains of two horses found in a burial mound in Kazakhstan reveal important insights into early horsemen.
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Paola Giacomini overcame a raft of challenges during her 15-month journey in the saddle.
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Nikita Gretsi plans to ride from Russia’s Pacific coast, across Sibera, to the Atlantic coast of Europe, then on to London.
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“Absolute dating of paintings that contain inorganic pigments has been achieved,” the study team concluded.
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Whatever one’s discipline or its tutelary giants, rereading Xenophon of Athens, the celebrated horseman from classical antiquity, always repays the effort.
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Researchers describe the Mongolia saddle as completely preserved.
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A research article that highlights the link between the welfare of working equids and the wellbeing of their owners has received a significant endorsement through its acceptance by peer-reviewed scientific journal ‘Frontiers in Veterinary Science’.
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“The horse would have originally appeared gold-like and the recesses probably once contained bright red, blue or yellow enamel. It would have been a spectacular sight on someone’s robe.”
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Ancient mountain pass was a veritable horse highway.
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“The surgical operation is the most complex I have ever seen in my 40 years of working with anthropological materials.”
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“Archaeology is showing us more about how our ancestors survived in this desperately cold and hostile environment at the climax of the last ice age.”
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Chinese nobility felt donkey polo was safer than playing the sport on larger horses.
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Researchers sampled portions of teeth and rib bones from 137 previously excavated individuals from the Mongol Empire.
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Evidence suggests people may have begun to consume horse milk at the same time as they started to practice horse bridling and riding.
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From the trade routes of the Silk Road or the great Mongol Empire to the equestrian nations of the American Great Plains, horses were the engines of the ancient world.
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Equine milk products are consumed by an estimated 30 million people worldwide. Even so, consumer recognition of equine milk and its derivatives remain limited.
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Thanks to the dedication and determination of a band of pioneering Yorkshire farmers, with the backing of some prominent and wealthy patrons, the Yorkshire Coach Horse became the Rolls-Royce of its day.
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Horses have been linked to major changes in human mobility and social organization, particularly in Inner Asia.
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Small sandstone cave in the South Sinai had been used as an animal shelter in more recent times.
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