As you may know, it is quite common for any type of work or renovation to take place in Europe to discover archaeological artifacts. In this sense, England has proven to be fertile ground - so much so that the body of an infamous King was even found under a parking lot a few years ago. It was also in the country that the curious and rare find we will talk about next.

War car

A contractor working on the construction of a new property in Pocklington, a small town in Yorkshire County, came across a carriage buried in the ground. However, the most surprising aspect of the discovery was that, in addition to the vehicle, were found the skeletons of the horses pulling it, as well as the driver's body - and scientists believe it was no accident that all of this was put in place.

Terrain where the carriage was discovered

Archaeologists think that what the contractor staff found was an ancient grave containing the remains of a (possible) warrior, although the presence of horses is quite unusual. The site is still being properly excavated, so there is still no information on who may have been the person found on the ground.

What is known is that the artifacts were dated to the Iron Age, a period after the end of the Bronze Age and were characterized by the introduction of iron tools, weapons and objects in Asia, Europe and some parts of the Iron Age. Africa, between the years 1, 200 and 600 BC, approximately.

Atypical Find

Only 27 such chariots have been found in England so far - including Pocklington's - the inclusion of horses as part of the funeral rite is quite unusual. On the other hand, although the presence of animals is atypical, this is not the first time that such a thing has been discovered in the region.

Illustration of an old burial

About a year and a half ago, another carriage - also dating from the Iron Age - buried with the horses was found in Pocklington, although the driver was absent at that time. In addition to these two vehicles accompanied by animals, so many graves were found in the area, and most were attributed to members of the Arras culture, a group that inhabited the region during the Iron Age.

At the moment, it is not yet possible to say that burying chariot drivers with horses was a common practice in the region, but the discovery of two such graves in such a short time is quite significant. We'll have to wait for what the archaeologist and expert surveys reveal - and maybe they don't decide to dig through the area better and find more interesting things there ?!

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