Chariots

Connected Sites: 14

Sites displaying or depicting chariots.

Connected Sites

  • Yin Xu
    Yin Xu
    China
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.19
    47
    3
    Includes Chariots pit of the Shang Dynasty
  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.03
    214
    8
    Ca. 130 chariots were buried together with the soldiers
  • Hampi
    Hampi
    India
    Inscribed: 1986
    4.04
    66
    4
    Stone chariot with two elephants pulling
  • Ellora Caves
    Inscribed: 1983
    4.05
    90
    11
    Ellora Cave no. 25 depicting hindu sun god with his chariot
  • Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
    Inscribed: 1979
    2.39
    115
    10
    A chariot race is depicted in the murals inside the tomb
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Tassili n'Ajjer
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.62
    21
    2
    The paintings and engravings of the Horse Period commonly depict horses and horse-drawn chariots.
    See africanrockart.org
  • Rock Art in the Hail Region
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.25
    35
    4
    "When lakes filled during the mid-Holocene, it was possible to acquire cattle and horses from neighbouring regions and find adequate grazing for them. They are illustrated along with wheeled chariots in the petroglyphs." (Nomination file, p. 27)
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.95
    49
    7
    The paintings include "Extinct animals and mysterious creatures; domesticated animals, vehicles and chariots; patterns, epigraphs and Buddhist signs of the historical period, and graphics about human processions riding dressed horses and elephants" (Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Nomination file, p. 197)
  • Sun Temple, Konarak
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.61
    35
    6
    Shaped as the chariot of sun god Surya
  • Chola Temples
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.98
    54
    9
    Darasuram: Horse drawn chariot
  • Pompei
    Pompei
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1997
    4.38
    451
    8
    Excavators in 2021 found the bronze and tin chariot almost fully intact, with wooden remains and the imprint of ropes.
    See edition.cnn.com
  • Nubian Monuments
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.21
    204
    12
    Relief of Ramses II located in Abu Simbel, depicted riding a chariot when fighting at the Battle of Kadesh
  • Luang Prabang
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.65
    191
    5
    The Golden Royal Funeral Chariot is kept in Wat Xiang Thong
  • Archaeological Site of Delphi
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.94
    276
    12
    "The life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org