Rare Golden Horse Buried in 2,000-year-old Chinese Tomb

Archaeologists in China have carried out DNA tests on five horses found in a Western Han Dynasty tomb complex in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and discovered that one of the horses was a very rare golden color with white mane and tail.  A number of ancient tapestries found in Asia, depict the almost mythical golden horse, but no one really knows the place of origin of the unique coloring.

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Burial pit found containing 13 complete horse skeletons. Credit: People’s Daily