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These included high-speed chariot races, armed gladiators who fought to the death, and the feeding of unlucky people to hungry lions.

In a vast, dimly lit main hall spanning four levels, visitors gazed at chariots, household items, jewelled ornaments and, at the centre, Tutankhamun's iconic golden mask.

Iron Age experts now have evidence that people 2,000 years ago had four wheel wagons as well as two wheel chariots.

Thrace’s tribes were wealthy and sophisticated, cited in “The Iliad” as allies of the Trojans who arrived in gilded chariots.

Another group had its leaders on chariots escorted to their campsite in a large procession with music bands, dancers, horses and camels.