From the February 19, 1938, issue
By Science News
REAL TOUGH ROUGH RIDERS WERE SUMERIAN CHARIOTEERS
Strong though the temptation is to call the bearded charioteer pictured on the front cover “Ben Hur of Ur,” it would not be quite accurate to do so. For the little statuette comes not from the famous Chaldean city but was dug up at Tell Agrab, near Baghdad. Probably, though, Ur’s warriors drove to battle in just such jolting war-chariots behind teams of four scampering donkeys.