Probably one of the very first depictions of horses from Mycenae, around 1,400 BC.
Horses had been known in Central Macedonia in Europe since 2,500 BC and were initially only used to pull chariots and chariots. In Mycenae, horse breeding was
was particularly well developed in Mycenae, where the first attempts at riding were probably made. This small equestrian statuette bears witness to this endeavour, which .
human history for better or for worse. Once just a prey animal for Homo sapiens, the tarpan, the Asian prehistoric horse, developed into an
indispensable helper and status symbol for its owner.
Typical of the Mycenaean culture, which had its heyday in the 14th and 13th centuries BC, were highly schematised small figurines with the face of birds of prey, as shown here.