Four Extreme "Coincidences" on A Single Chinese Horse!
Here is a photo of a Qin Dynasty groom holding the reins of one of the cavalry horses found in Shihuangdi's Mausoleum.
How inextricably odd that a Chinese mount would have Four (4) stylistic traits also found on a Pazyryk Culture horse.
The traits are Identical and include:
1) an "S" shaped bridle bit, such as found in Pazyryk Kurgan 5,
2) a trimmed mane in a single crenellation, as shown on the Pazyryk horse gold buckle in the Hermitage,
3) a Pazyryk saddle, as found in every burial at Pazyryk, Berel, and Ukok,
4) a braided or twisted tail, as found on frozen Pazyryk horses.
How can these multiple stylistic coincidences be explained.
I welcome member's comments, please.
Thank you.
Here is a photo of a Qin Dynasty groom holding the reins of one of the cavalry horses found in Shihuangdi's Mausoleum.
How inextricably odd that a Chinese mount would have Four (4) stylistic traits also found on a Pazyryk Culture horse.
The traits are Identical and include:
1) an "S" shaped bridle bit, such as found in Pazyryk Kurgan 5,
2) a trimmed mane in a single crenellation, as shown on the Pazyryk horse gold buckle in the Hermitage,
3) a Pazyryk saddle, as found in every burial at Pazyryk, Berel, and Ukok,
4) a braided or twisted tail, as found on frozen Pazyryk horses.
How can these multiple stylistic coincidences be explained.
I welcome member's comments, please.
Thank you.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb