Chariot

Recreating a Mycenaean battle

An innovative study has brought to life Late Bronze Age warfare to test the utility of a 3,500-year-old suit of armour.

Iron Age axle revealed in Suffolk

The axle has been radiocarbon dated to the middle Iron Age, c.400-100 BC.

World news: Pompeii chariot, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Australian rock art

A round-up of three Archaeological news stories from around the world, including the discovery of a chariot near Pompeii, new Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judean Desert, and early rock art in Australia.

LEFT & ABOVE The majority of the chariot, including the ornate decorations on the back of the vehicle, was preserved by volcanic material from Mount Vesuvius.

Ceremonial chariot found in Pompeii

This is a unique find, representing the only vehicle of this type found in Italy to date.

Pompeii’s VIP Vehicle

Excavations at the Roman villa of Civita Giuliana have uncovered a remarkable four-wheeled ceremonial chariot.

Excavating the CA Archive: Yorkshire 1

The archaeological riches of God's Own Country: Joe Flatman explores half a century of reports from the past

OPPOSITE Testing a reconstructed chariot revealed that the charioteers had to be highly skilled and that the horses had to be intensively trained. Here, Jonathan Waterer drives a pair of Fiord ponies while Mike Loades tests the stability of the ride.

Bring me my chariot: investigating burial practices in Iron Age Yorkshire

What sparked the unusual chariot burials associated with the Arras Culture in East Yorkshire? Migration has been proposed as an explanation, but a new book asks whether there are other ways by which chariot-making knowledge and burial practices could have been transferred. The reality is perhaps more mundane but, at the same time, highly informative about the diversity of lifestyles and burial practices in the British Iron Age and the ways in which people expressed their regional identity. Chris Catling reports.