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Researchers have been able to virtually reconstruct all the components related to the artistic process that took place to create this wall of paleolithic art.
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Three-day sale comprises more than 750 lots ranging in value from £30 to £100,000, and several equestrian pieces.
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Several equestrian works are among the collection of Indian painting specialist Toby Falk to be sold at Christie’s in London next month.
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Cave artists worked in similar ways to modern artists, taking inspiration from a basic form or shape, like a crack in a material or a smudge of paint on a canvas.
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A just-published study connects funerary objects with women’s participation in polo, hunting, warfare, and the Mongol postal system, among other activities.
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The cave art in Spain is estimated to be at least 24,000 years old.
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William Simmonds’ “The Black Mare” depicts a stylised horse turning to nip a fly on its near-side fetlock.
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Test results provided the first direct evidence on ancient stone tools of the blood of the extinct North American horse on Paleo-American artifacts in eastern North America.
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One of the earliest illustrated books featuring horsemanship offers a lavish collection of hand-coloured plates from the late 16th century.
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Diverse fossils From La Brea Tar Pits tell story of how horses, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and other megafauna that once roamed the Los Angeles Basin disappeared.
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Researchers initially suspected the head portrayed a horse, but recent finds lend weight to the possibility it is a bear.
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Horses in the Viking Age were seen as liminal creatures, meaning they were capable of crossing physical and conceptual boundaries, travelling over different terrains, and even between worlds. They also held cosmological significance.
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The link between Spanish horses and the Barb horses of North Africa is strong, but the most vital link is not between today’s modern Spanish horse breeds and Barb horses but between the now-extinct Spanish Jennet and Barb horses.
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The saddle was found in the grave of a woman – and she appeared to be a commoner.
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Genetic analysis shows that northern Iberian Celtic horses were incorporated into all the Criollo breeds in North and South America.
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Sulphur Mustangs have been separated from their ancestral populations for centuries and have followed an independent evolutionary development, but similarities with other Spanish Colonial horses of North America indicate a common origin.
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Sulphur Mustangs have adapted over the centuries and thrived. Their origin is hotly debated, but their unique qualities are unquestioned.
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Evidence shows horses were under the control of native Americans considerably early than European colonial accounts suggest.
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Researchers who studied the portrayal of horses by ancient Egyptians and Romans suggest modern scholars need to look beyond concepts of realism.
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An isolated case cannot support a firm conclusion, say researchers, but the findings are nevertheless intriguing.
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