Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of over 100 buried horses dating back to ancient Rome – but the skeletons weren ... century A.D. "The first horse bones discovered were dated ...

While excavating a site in Villedieu-sur-Indre, France, archaeologists came across the skeleton of a horse. Then another. And then another. In all, they’ve identified the remains of 28 horses so ...

Archaeologists have discovered over 100 horse skeletons from Roman times, dating back to the 2nd century AD. These horse skeletons belonged to a Roman cavalry unit stationed at Hallschlag.

A construction project revealed an ancient Roman horse cemetery. © State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council/ArchaeoBW “The history ...

Archaeologists found more than 100 horse skeletons dating to the Roman Empire in what is now Stuttgart, Germany. | Credit: State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council ...

Researchers have found proof that Roman gladiators fighting lions is not just fiction, but it actually happened in real life. A skeleton found ... with two others, with horse bones laid on top ...

Crews working on a housing project in the Bad Cannstatt district of Stuttgart recently uncovered a second-century horse cemetery. Archaeologists discovered over 100 skeletons of horses used by the ...

Previous construction projects in the area had unearthed several horse skeletons believed to be part of an ancient Roman cemetery so archaeologists assumed they’d find at least something.

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Kneeling in the chalky dirt of southern Germany, an archaeologist carefully dusted off yet another skeleton of yet another horse. What else would one expect in a massive ancient Roman cemetery for ...