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Article: Chariot to go on display.
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- Pontefract & Castleford Express (Castleford, England)
- Article date:
- May 11, 2006
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AN IRON Age chariot uncovered in Ferry Fryston is to be displayed in public for the first time.
Pontefract Museum is hosting an exhibition called Wheels of Time which will feature the unique 2,000-year-old Iron Age chariot burial, discovered during the construction of the new A1 motorway in August 2003.
And the museum has organised a fun-packed programme of events for children and families to bring the exhibition to life - including an activity day and an Iron Age quiz.
Since its recovery, the chariot and its accompanying objects - its owner and more than 12,000 fragments of cattle bones - have been undergoing tests at the University of ...