Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to movies and shows like Kingdom of Heaven and Marco Polo most of us have a certain idea of what medieval warhorses looked ...

(CNN) — A knight in shining armor straddling a towering horse is a deeply ingrained part of how popular culture portrays the Middle Ages — the mounted battle-winning warrior. But it appears the horses ...

Pagans in northern Europe's Baltic region imported horses from neighboring Christian countries during the late medieval period to sacrifice in funeral rituals, a study has revealed. The research, ...

A team of zooarchaeologists in the United Kingdom recently analyzed the bones of centuries-old warhorses to determine their size, finding that they were actually of a surprisingly small stature. The ...

Wall Relief of Horse Archers, Neo-Assyrian 865-860 BC. (British Museum) A horse archer is a cavalryman armed with a bow who can shoot while riding on the back of a horse. This style of warfare appears ...

Thanks to movies and shows like Kingdom of Heaven and Marco Polo most of us have a certain idea of what medieval warhorses looked like: big, brawny, and capable of smashing heads with their hooves. A ...

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