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Articles on equestrian culture and the horse in art and history.

Horses and Gers near Khoton (Syrgal) Lake near the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. Image credit: Noost Bayarkhuu
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Dramatic social changes in ancient Mongolia linked to arrivals of herds and horses

May 13, 2022May 14, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 40 Views 0 Comments History

New study provides support for connections between livestock dairying and the rise of social complexity on the eastern steppe.

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Researchers checked for dairy-related proteins in the dental calculus of humans who once lived in the Altai region.
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Horse dairying in important Asian region dates back more than 3350 years – study

May 12, 2022May 13, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 38 Views 0 Comments History

Researchers checked for dairy-related proteins in the dental calculus of humans who once lived in the Altai region.

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Ancient DNA is providing some important answers around the question of horse domestication.
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The tale of the domesticated horse

May 7, 2022May 10, 2022 Amber Dance 65 Views 0 Comments

Ancient DNA is providing some important answers around the question of horse domestication.

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Detail of a 16th/17th century horse blanket from Turkey. A 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.”
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Gift of equestrian items underscores equine role in cultural history

May 2, 2022May 8, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 77 Views 0 Comments

A 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.”

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The image shows ambient light levels and the position of replica plaquettes in relation to the fire. Photo Needham et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266146 CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Animated horses 16,000 years ago? Rock art may have come to life under firelight

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 114 Views 0 Comments History

Animals carved into stone were created to be placed around fires at night, allowing the flickering light to play across them, researchers suggest.

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The California Thoroughbred Foundation is giving the contents of the prestigious library to the California State Polytechnic University at Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona).
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Contents of major equine library donated to university in California

April 23, 2022April 26, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 102 Views 0 Comments

The move will ultimately improve public access to the material currently held in the Carleton F. Burke Library.

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Several equine pieces are among the 71 lots on offer in Sotheby's "Animals" sale in Paris.
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Pick up a Picasso: Equine themed works among “Animals” auction

April 16, 2022April 18, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 136 Views 0 Comments History

Several equine pieces are among the 71 lots on offer in Sotheby’s “Animals” sale in Paris.

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Scott Wilson's image Anger Management has won first place in the Natural World and Wildlife category of the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards. Wilson was also named Open Photographer of the Year.
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Wild horse picture tops world photography contest

April 13, 2022April 16, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 145 Views 0 Comments Wild horses

“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.”

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Reconstruction of an Avar-period armoured horseman in the Déri Museum, Debrecen, Hungary, based on Grave 1341/1503 of the Derecske-Bikás-dűlő site. Photo: © Ilona C. Kiss
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Origins of the Avars, who brought the stirrup to Europe, revealed in ancient DNA

April 6, 2022April 12, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 158 Views 0 Comments

“We address a question that has been a mystery for more than 1400 years.”

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Mail armour provided some protection, but some arrows would still have caused serious wounds.
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Medieval warhorse armour tested against arrows in study

March 7, 2022March 9, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 595 Views 0 Comments

Mail armour provided some protection, but some arrows would still have caused serious wounds.

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"Her Majesty’s Vase" has a pre-auction estimate of up to £30,000.
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“Lost” since 1845, Royal horse racing trophy re-emerges and sells for £40K

February 22, 2022March 7, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 1900 Views 0 Comments History

The 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.

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Genghis Khan enters Beijing. Image: Sayf al-Vâhidî. Hérât. Afghanistan, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Climate change drove the rise and expansion of Mongolia’s equestrian empires – study

February 21, 2022February 27, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 3516 Views 0 Comments History

The growth of extensive and productive grasslands provided the engine for both economic and political power, and the rise of horse cultures.

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A detail from the cover of "Riding to Arms". It is a WW1 recruitment poster "Forward to Victory Enlist Now".
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“Riding to Arms” explores horsemanship’s complex role in war

February 10, 2022February 15, 2022 Professor Mike Huggins 2719 Views 0 Comments History, War Horses

“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.

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The first issue of the journal was published in November. It runs to 239 pages. Source: Trivent Publishing
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New scientific journal focuses on horse-related history

February 10, 2022February 23, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 2974 Views 2 Comments History

The new open-access journal will be published twice a year, with the first issue now available online.

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Culture News 

Painting of lucky circus horse could fetch £100K

January 16, 2022January 28, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 4114 Views 0 Comments

Apollo 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.

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Prestigious ass hydrids used in warfare hundreds of years before horses in Fertile Crescent

January 15, 2022January 19, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 5064 Views 0 Comments History

DNA 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.

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Despite their size, huge sums were spent on developing and maintaining networks for the breeding, training and keeping of warhorses.
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Pony-sized horses carried medieval knights into battle, research shows

January 13, 2022January 16, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 4437 Views 1 Comment History

Despite their size, huge sums were spent on developing and maintaining networks for the breeding, training and keeping of warhorses.

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The software-driven three-dimensional virutal reconstruction of the original appearance of the Nasielsk folding sickle, with its ornamental handle made of antler. Photo: https://doi.org/10.23858/PA68.2020.009
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Software drives virtual reconstruction of a horse warrior’s folding sickle

January 8, 2022January 14, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 3700 Views 0 Comments

Researcher delved into the history of medieval folding sickles to aid his efforts to virtually recreate the tool.

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Platinum Jubilee equestrian coin a fitting tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

January 8, 2022January 14, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 4499 Views 0 Comments

From 50p to £5000, the Royal Mint’s commemorative coin range for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrates her 70-year reign.

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Graves unearthed in southern Germany include those of Merovingian nobility from around the 7th century.
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Horse remains buried with cavalryman in Medieval grave

January 3, 2022January 8, 2022 Horsetalk.co.nz 5067 Views 0 Comments History

Graves unearthed in southern Germany include those of Merovingian nobility from around the 7th century.

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