When is a horse not a horse?  When it's the famous Pompeii horse, who's skeleton was discovered, along with the skeletons of lots of other animals and people who were caught in the aftermath of Vesuvius' eruption. There's been a lot of speculation about what exact type of horse the Pompeii horse was.  It's pretty hard to tell just from looking at the skeletal remains.  Theories abounded, … [Read more...]