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Building Pharaoh’s Chariot

Nova have produced three short, stand alone films with Mike discussing aspects of Egyptian warfare that are supplementary to his appearances in ‘Building Pharaoh’s Chariot’ (Broadcast on PBS, Feb 2013)

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4 days ago

This is a delightful account of the extraordinary abilities of a 15th-century dog. Whether exaggerated or not, the dog was clearly exceptional and his devotion to his human partner will touch any dog-lover's heart. I also rather like the idea of the mounted game of fetch, whereby a rider drops a glove and then some distance on sends his dog back to fetch it. ...

Bruto, a clever dog from the 1490s - European studies blog

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Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478-1557) is best known nowadays as the author of the Historia general y natural de las Indias (1535, second edition 1547), a pioneering account of the history and natural history of the Americas. He is also of interest as a writer and courtier whose career spanned...

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6 days ago

A fascinating article by Lindsay Powell in Ancient Warfare magazine discussing the archaeology of what may be the worlds oldest war memorial, dated to around 2,300BC. It is in present day Syria.All I would add is that the word 'chariot' is probably not appropriate here. This is too early for chariots. The article mentions the remains of kungas (an ass/ onager type quadruped) found in the mound and associates them with a type of 'chariot' seen in ancient art of the period. In fact the art of the period shows such animals pulling four-wheel battle wagons, rather than two-wheel chariots. They are Sumerian. There is much still to understand about how these battle wagons (predecessors to the chariot) were used. The principle armaments seem to have been quiverfulls of javelins.The battle wagons are heavily built, with solid wooden wheels and kungas would not be the first choice for a vehicle that you wanted to go fast. All very different from the skeletally light, spoked wheel chariots, pulled by horses, that were to follow. My own 'work-in-progress' theory is that these were mobile command posts, with the javelins able to defend at close range. If they appeared in number, then they might be useful to circle and create a fortified position - a laager. What are your thoughts? ...

A 4,000-Year-Old ‘War Memorial’ Identified in Syria, According to New Research

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Every so often a news release arrives in my inbox with a discovery that raises my eyebrow. This was one of them: “What may be the oldest known war memorial...

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