Rogers Fund, 1903 (03.23.1)

The only Etruscan chariot know to have been found intact dates to ca. 530 BC and is now kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. See: Etruscan civilization Etruscan language Etruscan alphabet Etruscan mythology This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Chariot was the name of a WW2 naval weapon, the British manned torpedo. ... Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC Events and Trends 538 BC - Babylon occupied by Jews transported to Babylon are allowed to return to... There is also the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), located in Manhattan. ... City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ...

The chariot was part of a chariot burial, containing the remains of two human corpses, along with two drinking cups. It is decorated with bronze plates, depicting mythological scenes in relief, and ivory, measuring 131 cm in height. The chariot's wheels have nine spokes (rather than the classical Greek four, the Egyptian six, or the Assyrian and Persian eight; excavated chariots from Celtic burials have up to twelve spokes). Chariot burials are tombs in which the deceased was buried together with his chariot, usually including his horses and other possessions. ... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... Ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, etc. ... A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. ...

It was found in 1902 in Monteleone di Spoleto (42°39′ N 12°57′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=42_39_N_12_57_E_)) near Spoleto in the province of Perugia of Umbria, by a farmer, Isidoro Vannozzi, when he was digging a wine cellar. Vannozzi hid it in his barn, concerned that the authorities might confiscate it, and later sold it to two frenchmen in exchange for, according to family lore, two cows (or according to the local mayor, for 30 terracotta tiles). It was sold to the Metropolitan museum from Florence in 1903, and was illegally exported from Italy. The Monteleone village as of January, 2005 is attempting to recuperate the chariot from the Metropolitan museum, but museum representatives have "respectfully declined" to return it. 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Spoleto (Latin: Spoletium), 42°44′ N 12°44′ E, an ancient town in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 385 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on a foothill of the Apennines. ... Perugia (It. ... Umbria is a mountainous region of central Italy, in the valley of the river Tiber. ... Location within Italy Giglio di Firenze - symbol of the city Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy at 43°46′ N 11°15′ E. The city on the Arno River has a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess...

External links

• high resolution image (http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOnezoom.asp?dep=13&zoomFlag=1&viewmode=0&item=03%2E23%2E1) at www.metmuseum.org
• news report on the controversy (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/30/witaly30.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/01/30/ixportal.html) (www.telegraph.co.uk)