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Rock painting of a horse and rider from Oum Ecnha, Libya.
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Rock painting of a horse and rider from Oum Ecnha, Libya.

Dagger with a horse's head,India,18th. Grey-green jade inlaid with gold,rubies and emeralds,damascened steel. L:50,5 cm Rothschild Collection.
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Dagger with a horse's head,India,18th. Grey-green jade inlaid w...

Mongol warriors on horseback from Rashid Al-Din's (1247 - 1318) enormous universal history, the "Jami al-Tawarikh"; 14th Century CE. The Jami al-Tawarikh was commissioned by Mahmud Ghazan, begun as a history of the Mongols and their dynasty and then expanded to include history from Adam to Rashid al-Din's present day. It was completed during the reign of Oljeitu in 1307-1316. The Jami' al-Tawarikh is perhaps the single most comprehensive Persian source on the Mongol period.
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Mongol warriors on horseback from Rashid Al-Din's (1247 - 1318) enormous univers...

Iskandar visiting the hermit in his cave. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of Nezami's Khamsa ('Five Poems'). Herat, Afghanistan; 1535-1540. Shelfmark: Add. 25900 Page Folio Number: f.250v
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Iskandar visiting the hermit in his cave. A miniature painting from a sixteenth...

The death of Hypolitos.The horses of his quadriga shy before the monster which Aphrodite has sent from the depth of the sea.Around 340 BCE. Crater,Sicilian production,from tomb 229 bis.
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The death of Hypolitos.The horses of his quadriga shy before the monster which...

Quadriga.Metope from a temple in Sicily,6th BCE H: 83 cm NI 3919
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Quadriga.Metope from a temple in Sicily,6th BCE H: 83 cm...

The quadriga of the Sun,mid-6th BCE Metope from Temple C in Selinunte,Sicily,Italy.
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The quadriga of the Sun,mid-6th BCE Metope from Temple C in...

Terracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A pair of horses pulls a chariot carrying a charioteer. The chariot has been simplified; it has no wheels and is attached to the hindquarters of the horses. GR 1897.4-1.535
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Terracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A...

Pottery bowl decorated with a procession of riders in chariots, Mycenean, 1400-1300 BCE. From Maroni,Cyprus. This vase is a fine example of Mycenean pictorial Style pottery. Such vases were popular exports from Mycenean Greece to Cyprus, where many of them have been found. GR, 1911.4-28.1
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Pottery bowl decorated with a procession of riders in chariots, Mycenean, 1400-1...

Greek black-figured oenochoe with charioteer and horse; 6th century BCE.
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Greek black-figured oenochoe with charioteer and horse; 6th century BCE.

Relief showing horsemen. Pentelic marble; West frieze from the Parthenon, Athens,Greece; 447-33 BCE. The frieze represents the Panathenaic procession. Only two slabs of the West Frieze were removed by Lord Elgin and the rest of the West Frieze remained in situ on the Parthenon until it was removed to the Akropolis Museum in the late twentieth century. The overall subject of the West Frieze is the preparation for the procession with figures lacing up shoes, getting attired, and mounting horses. The directional flow is from right to left (south to north) with some figures that turn back to the south in order to create a compositional unity with the South Frieze. Slab 2 (displayed at the British Museum, London) is one of the most well-known, featuring two magnificent, heroically nude riders (probably carved by two different sculptors). The front rider has a three-quarters face and he looks back and raises his left hand to his head, a signal to the cavalcade behind him.
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Relief showing horsemen. Pentelic marble; West frieze from the Parthenon, Athen...

Attic red-figured vase showing Amazon fighting a cavalry (detail); 4th century BCE.
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Attic red-figured vase showing Amazon fighting a cavalry (detail); 4th century B...