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The camel skeleton was unearthed near the river Danube in Tulln, Lower Austria. Photo: Alfred Galik/Vetmeduni Vienna
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Cellar dweller: Researchers find a “sunken ship of the desert”

April 5, 2015April 8, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 2448 Views 0 Comments History

A 17th-century camel is unearthed in Austria of all places.

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The Horace Moore-Jones painting.
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“Simpson” painting fetches nearly $258,000 at auction

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 Neil Clarkson 1725 Views 0 Comments History

Watercolour by Horace Moore-Jones goes under hammer in Auckland.

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Horses hunted in North America 13,300 years ago, research shows

March 25, 2015May 10, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 4761 Views 1 Comment History

Kills sites south of Calgary date back to Ice Age.

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Strange South American mammals were related to horses, research shows

March 19, 2015July 11, 2016 Horsetalk.co.nz 4559 Views 0 Comments History

Breakthrough technique used to reveal fossils’ secrets.

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Unearthed remains may be those of a knight who jousted

March 17, 2015March 20, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 1790 Views 0 Comments History

Medieval individual had injuries consistent with jousting.

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Gruesome end: Pharaoh probably on horseback when attacked

March 8, 2015March 17, 2015 Neil Clarkson 1664 Views 0 Comments History

Researchers paint picture of pharaoh’s brutal death.

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The finished clay model.
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WW1 remount camp prepares for war horse statue

March 1, 2015October 18, 2017 Horsetalk.co.nz 6079 Views 2 Comments History, War Horses

New statue to commemorate horses and men of Romsey.

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The White Horse of Cherhill.
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“Walking app” features Britain’s famous White Horses

February 23, 2015February 21, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 2486 Views 0 Comments History

Take in all 9 of Marlborough’s famous white horses with new app.

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The bones of wild horses recovered from the region in central Slovakia. Photo: Comenius University
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Wild horses a crucial part of Neanderthal diet, study finds

February 12, 2015February 19, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 3472 Views 0 Comments History

Analysis of 11,500 bone and teeth fragments reveals fresh insights.

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A painting of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo by Irish painter William Sadler II, who died in 1839.
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Archaeological dig planned for Waterloo battlefield

February 12, 2015March 10, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 3830 Views 0 Comments History

Hopes for fresh insights into battle that cost thousands of men and horses their lives.

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Did ancient butchering tools give evolutionary edge to human communication?

January 14, 2015January 16, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 2725 Views 0 Comments History

African butchering technology may have nurtured language, teaching.

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This Private European Road Coach was built around 1895 and carries a pre-auction estimate of up to £100,000. The coachwork was build by Guiet & Co. of Paris.
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Valuable collection of Victorian carriages to be auctioned in Britain

January 13, 2015February 15, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 3434 Views 1 Comment History

One coach alone expected to fetch up to £300,000.

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Remains of chariots, horses unearthed at site of Chinese tombs

January 8, 2015January 10, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 1579 Views 0 Comments History

Archaeologists unearth 28 chariots and 49 pairs of horses.

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Retreating glacier provides clues to the lives of Iron Age horsemen and hunters

November 26, 2014July 11, 2016 Horsetalk.co.nz 1708 Views 0 Comments History

Norwegian glacier even preserved a 1700-year-old woollen tunic.

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Celebration marks return of horse painting to Maine

November 23, 2014February 15, 2015 Horsetalk.co.nz 1615 Views 0 Comments History

Portrait of harness racer King William returns to its home state.

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Indian fossils provide crucial evidence on the origins of the horse

November 21, 2014November 24, 2014 Horsetalk.co.nz 2171 Views 0 Comments History

Important fossils unearthed on the edge of a coal mine.

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Ancient horse fossil preserves uterus with unborn foal

November 7, 2014November 10, 2014 Horsetalk.co.nz 1961 Views 0 Comments History

Nearly complete fossilized fetus found in 47 million-year-old Eurohippus messelensis.

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Tarpan: Repainting an ancient picture

November 7, 2014July 29, 2016 Contributor 4488 Views 1 Comment History

Documentary traces the history of the Tarpan’s death and rebirth.

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Horse-like head on oddball dinosaur

October 29, 2014July 11, 2016 Horsetalk.co.nz 10541 Views 0 Comments History

Weird dinosaur most likely a regional oddity.

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Ancient auditory illusions linked to sites of prehistoric art

October 29, 2014November 1, 2014 Horsetalk.co.nz 1851 Views 0 Comments History

Link between rock-art sites and locations with strongest sound reflection, says expert.

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