OLD CHARIOT FOUND
♦ At Adria, a little Italian village near the sea, an old Etruscan chariot complete with all its equipage has been found underneath the sand, which forms part of the soil even to this day, and which is thought to have enveloped the chariot when in full course hundreds of years ago. On either side of the chariot were found the skeletons of two horses of huge proportions, certainly larger than are known to exist to-day. In the body of the chariot was the skeleton of a woman richly attired in bracelets, rings, spangles, and other articles all made of gold. A little further away from the spot the digging party came across another skeleton, that of the driver, who had obviously been thrown out when the chariot was swallowed up in the shifting sand. He still held the reins in his hands. All the remains have been taken to the local museum,
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Evening Star, Issue 23136, 9 December 1938, Page 11
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155OLD CHARIOT FOUND Evening Star, Issue 23136, 9 December 1938, Page 11
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