When the Cincinnati Art Museum’s East Asian art curator Hou-mei Sung questioned the authenticity of a decorative tassel on an ancient horse sculpture, she turned to the University of Cincinnati ...

A 1,300-year-old sculpture of a dancing horse — a precious relic of China’s Tang dynasty — captured an ancient tradition of trained horses performing for emperors.

An equestrian trail though the complex world of Ancient Greek pottery, where the animal held high cultural significance.

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The horse head sculpture and other discoveries suggest the Romans had a surprising relationship with tribes along their northern border.

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Sung has seen many examples of ancient sculptures paying tribute to the dancing horses that performed for emperors as far back as 202 B.C. But no others have forehead tassels, she said.