4,000-Year-Old Burial with Chariots Discovered in South Caucasus

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4,000-Year-Old Burial with Chariots Discovered in South Caucasus
By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | June 25, 2014 07:04am ET


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Here, the roof of a 4,000-year-old burial chamber buried in a Kurgan (mound) in the country of Georgia.
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An ancient burial containing chariots, gold artifacts and possible human sacrifices has been discovered by archaeologists in the country of Georgia, in the south Caucasus.

The burial site, which would've been intended for a chief, dates back over 4,000 years to a time archaeologists call the Early Bronze Age, said Zurab Makharadze, head of the Centre of Archaeology at the Georgian National Museum.

Archaeologists discovered the timber burial chamber within a 39-foot-high (12 meters) mound called a kurgan. When the archaeologists reached the chamber they found an assortment of treasures, including two chariots, each with four wooden wheels.

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1. Saw this one a few days ago.

They think the chariots were pulled by oxen. We have discovered the proto-SUV!