Dramatic social changes in ancient Mongolia linked to arrivals of herds and horses
New study provides support for connections between livestock dairying and the rise of social complexity on the eastern steppe.
Read moreArticles on equestrian culture and the horse in art and history.
New study provides support for connections between livestock dairying and the rise of social complexity on the eastern steppe.
Read moreResearchers checked for dairy-related proteins in the dental calculus of humans who once lived in the Altai region.
Read moreAncient DNA is providing some important answers around the question of horse domestication.
Read moreA longtime rider and competitor, Judy Freedman assembled her equestrian textiles collection over 30 years: “Altogether, the collection shows the breadth of diversity in the use and admiration for the horse.”
Read moreAnimals carved into stone were created to be placed around fires at night, allowing the flickering light to play across them, researchers suggest.
Read moreThe move will ultimately improve public access to the material currently held in the Carleton F. Burke Library.
Read moreSeveral equine pieces are among the 71 lots on offer in Sotheby’s “Animals” sale in Paris.
Read more“The tension and the drama for me just felt completely symbolic of the challenges these horses face in the American West today, where they basically are under permanent threat of roundup and their land has invariably been cleared for the cattle industry.”
Read more“We address a question that has been a mystery for more than 1400 years.”
Read moreMail armour provided some protection, but some arrows would still have caused serious wounds.
Read moreThe trophy was presented by Queen Victoria in 1845 but over the generations, the vase and plinth were separated, and the owner’s family did not realise its significance.
Read moreThe growth of extensive and productive grasslands provided the engine for both economic and political power, and the rise of horse cultures.
Read more“Riding to Arms” builds up a clear picture of the complex relationships between horsemen, horses and European and American cavalry life, horsemanship and cavalry training.
Read moreThe new open-access journal will be published twice a year, with the first issue now available online.
Read moreApollo was bought to feed the lions at Carmo’s Circus, but Hungarian trainer Captain Anker saw his potential as a performing horse and saved him.
Read moreDNA testing has revealed that the equids used for travel and warfare in Mesopotamia 4500 years ago were crosses between domestic donkeys and wild asses, making them the oldest known example of animal hybrids.
Read moreDespite their size, huge sums were spent on developing and maintaining networks for the breeding, training and keeping of warhorses.
Read moreResearcher delved into the history of medieval folding sickles to aid his efforts to virtually recreate the tool.
Read moreFrom 50p to £5000, the Royal Mint’s commemorative coin range for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrates her 70-year reign.
Read moreGraves unearthed in southern Germany include those of Merovingian nobility from around the 7th century.
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