The Monteleone Sun Chariot... An Ancient Etruscan Bronze Age Relic: https://facebook/jacob.ladder.14/photos?ref_type=bookmark#!/pages/Merovingians-The-Once-The-Present-Future-kings/471707109534948?ref_type=bookmark (Pictured: Chariot, late 6th century b.c. Etruscan; From Monteleone, Italy Bronze Age) metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/03.23.1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteleone_Chariot zeusammon.tumblr/post/62501148762/etruscan-parade-bronze-chariot-with-ivory npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12738928 ***Note: the following text has been excerpted from a book entitled, Chariot: The Astounding Rise and Fall of the Worlds First War Machine...to view book, see attached link*** books.google.ca/books?id=H24I94IXtGQC&pg=PT281&lpg=PT281&dq=Etruscan+Sun+chariot&source=bl&ots=KZ2Urn05DQ&sig=AwHw0QZyiZey1m6fZetNVo3C8UI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wYm4U8ifKZCBogTHtoKgCg&ved=0CEwQ6AEwDA#v=onepage&q=Etruscan%20Sun%20chariot&f=false For the Etruscans, the chariot was as much a status symbol as a vehicle of war and racing. Having fallen out of favor on the battlefield, it came to signify in processions the greatness of the rider, whether nobleman or king. Where chariots have survived in Etruscan tombs their elaborate decoration confirms this social function.... The Monteleone Chariot The Monteleone chariot was part of a chariot burial, containing the remains of two human corpses, along with two drinking cups. Measuring 131 cm in height and designed to be drawn by two horses, the chariot itself is constructed of wood covered with hammered bronze plates and carved ivory decoration. The bronze plates are decorated with Homeric iconography; the main panel depicts Achilles being handed his armor by his mother, Thetis. The chariots frame and plating is additionally adorned with animals and mythological creatures, rendered in detail. The chariots decorations would also have included inlaid amber and other exotic materials, but only the bronze and ivory decorations have survived. The chariots wheels have nine spokes (rather than the classical Greek four, the Egyptian six, or the Assyrian and Persian eight; excavated chariots from Celtic burials have up to twelve spokes).
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