15/03/2024 By Kane Khanh
After years out of sight, one of Yale’s important historic treasures is now on view at the Yale University Art Gallery: a full set of ancient Roman horse armor discovered decades ago by archaeologists in the city of Dura-Europos—a crossroads of ancient cultures in what is now Syria. The photo shows the armor as worn by a horse at the excavation. (The name of the man in the photo is unknown.)