3,000-year-old horse found in Egyptian fort linked to Ramesses II

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the carefully buried remains of a horse dating back around 3,000 years inside an ancient military fortress in the western Nile Delta, a rare discovery that is offering new clues about the role and cultural importance of horses in ancient Egyptian warfare.The horse was discovered at the archaeological site of Abqaa’, in Egypt’s Lake District. The fortress dates to the New Kingdom period, around 1550 to 1070 B.C., and was built to protect Egypt’s western frontier from hostile Libyan groups.According to Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the horse was a young, medium-sized male. Archaeologists also discovered pieces of its harness near the remains, suggesting that it may have been used to pull a chariot or participated in other military activities.Horse burial may have been ceremonialThe circumstances of the discovery indicate that the horse was deliberately buried rather than simply abandoned at the site.