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Old 03-16-2003, 11:12 AM   #1
Undertoad
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3/16/2003: Chariot find



The problem with just saving the URLs from potential IotD images is that sometimes the story goes away before I use the image, and that's the case today. All I know is the obvious: this dig found a rather well-preserved sector of chariot parts, along with the horses that would have pulled it.

The thing that amazes me is the wheels. I would have thought they'd made wheels out of solid blocks of wood. That sure looks like some kind of metal rim and axle - did they have spokes?

The idea that civilizations figured various things out, then died off without passing along their information, is totally amazing to me.
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