Tristan Hughes

So militaristic scene, I mean, and this straighter, it's so different to the Tomb of the Diver earlier in the type of scene that it's depicting.

As you say, this is much more showing themselves in the heat of battle fighting.

That flag, that little flag thing that he's carrying, very triumphant looking.

And that scene right there, so he's upright on his horse and he's carrying that flag standard slash trophy on the spear, as you say.

And I've seen similar depictions on that on other wall paintings.

So was that the common way that these people, they liked to portray themselves as triumphant victors returning from a war?

Return of the Rider.

And these two scenes, I'm guessing there were other types of scenes depicted in these tombs too.

I'm not going to say no in this absolute archaeological treasure trove that you have here.

Wow.

Wow, stunning.

You know me, it's not bad.

It's not bad.

It's incredible.

What Tiziana has just pulled out is a large rectangular slab depicting an ancient Lucanian chariot race.

There are two chariots on opposite ends of the painting, each pulled by two horses.

One set of horses have red manes, the others have yellow.

The charioteers steer them with reins hunched over on very light chariots.

A majestic Doric column is painted in the middle of the scene, with both chariot teams racing towards it.

So what can I see here?