page_title: Horse burial
hierarchical_section_title: Horse burial
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of horse skeletons in the "Sacrificial Horse Pit", a burial site from the times of the State of Qi, believed to belong to the tomb of Duke Jing of Qi who reigned from 547 to 490 BC.
context_page_description: Horse burial is the practice of burying a horse as part of the ritual of human burial, and is found among many Indo-European peoples and others, including Chinese and Turkic peoples. The act indicates the high value placed on horses in the particular cultures and provides evidence of the migration of peoples with a horse culture. Human burials that contain other livestock are rare; in Britain, for example, 31 horse burials have been discovered but only one cow burial, unique in Europe. This process of horse burial is part of a wider tradition of horse sacrifice. An associated ritual is that of chariot burial, in which an entire chariot, with or without a horse, is buried with a dead person.
context_section_description: Horse burial is the practice of burying a horse as part of the ritual of human burial, and is found among many Indo-European peoples and others, including Chinese and Turkic peoples.  The act indicates the high value placed on horses in the particular cultures and provides evidence of the migration of peoples with a horse culture.  Human burials that contain other livestock are rare; in Britain, for example, 31 horse burials have been discovered but only one cow burial, unique in Europe. This process of horse burial is part of a wider tradition of horse sacrifice. An associated ritual is that of chariot burial, in which an entire chariot, with or without a horse, is buried with a dead person.
caption: Mass horse burial for Duke Jing of Qi (reigned 547–490 BCE) of Spring and Autumn period China
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