I wonder the same rules would have been in force for camel racing if they had that sport in Turkey.
Horse racing rules found on ancient tablet in Turkey
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Image captionThe Lukuyanus monument sits within an area that was once in the Roman Empire
A 2,000-year-old stone tablet located in central Turkey is inscribed with the rules of ancient horse racing, it's reported.
The tablet forms part of the Lukuyanus monument, which was built for a Roman jockey in what is now Turkey's Konya province, the Daily Sabah news website reports.
Analysis of the writing on the tablet, which is in the ruins of an ancient stadium, suggests that there was a keen sense of fairness in the sport, one historian tells Anadolu Agency. "It says that if a horse comes in first place in a race it cannot participate in other races," says Prof Hasan Bahar from Selcuk University.
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Horse racing rules found on ancient tablet in Turkey
- 2 May 2016
Image captionThe Lukuyanus monument sits within an area that was once in the Roman Empire
A 2,000-year-old stone tablet located in central Turkey is inscribed with the rules of ancient horse racing, it's reported.
The tablet forms part of the Lukuyanus monument, which was built for a Roman jockey in what is now Turkey's Konya province, the Daily Sabah news website reports.
Analysis of the writing on the tablet, which is in the ruins of an ancient stadium, suggests that there was a keen sense of fairness in the sport, one historian tells Anadolu Agency. "It says that if a horse comes in first place in a race it cannot participate in other races," says Prof Hasan Bahar from Selcuk University.
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Horse racing rules found on ancient tablet in Turkey - BBC News
