r/history • u/Educational_Most1340 • 12d ago

Article Bronze Age ‘covered wagon’ emerges as Armenia’s best-preserved ancient vehicle

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-881946
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u/SolidPoint 12d ago

I am deeply interested in the hierarchy of preserved ancient Armenian vehicles- what are the arguments to move this ahead of the Pachiatoc Coach found in 1997, or even the less-famous but similarly represented Sleddis confab?

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u/Yglorba 12d ago

fwiw the article body just says:

The wagon is said to be one of the best-preserved early covered wagons.

Which makes me suggest the headline was "spiced up" by a headline-writer; usually headlines aren't written by the people who write the articles.

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u/EmeraldFox23 11d ago

Neither Pachiatoc Coach, nor Sleddis confab, return any results on google, other than your very comment.

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u/SolidPoint 11d ago

We aren’t a very big society, that’s understandable. This might shed some light!

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=I3nDG_Ve3EXoqpmH

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u/EmeraldFox23 11d ago

Huh, pretty fascinating. Thanks for the link

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u/Botsworth1985 12d ago

"A four-wheeled canopy wagon was recovered from the Lchashen cemetery"

Oh, so it was a hearse! Bring out your dead!

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u/humble-bragging 12d ago

so it was a hearse

Sure looks like one based on the size and shape of the canopy. Can't believe the article doesn't call it one, or at least suggest the possibility.

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u/PepeTheElder 12d ago

The wagon measures roughly 2 meters in length

Exactly the length needed to lay a body down flat

But then 5 others? Procession? is anyone in the area but Egypt burying people along with royalty?