PETRIFIED HORSE WITH SADDLE AND HARNESS UNEARTHED INTACT IN A STABLE NEAR POMPEI

[Imperial Dave]

https://archaeology-world.com/petrified-horse-with-saddle-and-harness-unearthed-intact-in-a-stable-near-pompeii/?fbclid=IwAR2UP-_0dIMGuGilkZFad8JupFoIPgxj98-_W3IFWrJyFhzVrPC3lLr_dKw

I'm not surprised the poor thing was scared......

[Erpingham]

Its interesting what recent means in these articles.

http://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?topic=3476.0

Here Duncan reports on the same find in 2018.

And while the horse may have been very frightened, it wasn't petrified.

[Imperial Dave]

blimey, took that site 2 years to report on the same story....

I think it was scared stiff at the very least

[Duncan Head]

Don't know if this - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/21/pompeii-dig-reveals-almost-perfect-remains-of-a-master-and-his-slave - is the same villa as the horse.

[Imperial Dave]

possibly

[Denis Grey]

Its interesting what recent means in these articles.

http://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?topic=3476.0

Here Duncan reports on the same find in 2018.

And while the horse may have been very frightened, it wasn't petrified.

Surely it's quite important not to frighten the horses.