Harnessed horse belonging to a ‘a high-ranking military officer’ unearthed in ancient stable near Pompeii

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• Archaeologists discovered the remains of a harnessed horse in a Pompeii suburb.
• The horse was located in a villa that archaeologists believe may have been owned by a high-ranking military official.
• Pompeii and its surroundings were destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.

ROME (AP) — Archaeologists have unearthed the petrified remains of a harnessed horse and saddle in the stable of an ancient villa in a Pompeii suburb.

Pompeii archaeological park head Massimo Osanna told Italian news agency ANSA that the villa belonged to a high-ranking military officer, perhaps a general, during ancient Roman times.

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