Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next world

Museum exhibit featuring a wooden wagon behind glass.

QUICK FACTS

Name: Lchashen wagon

What it is: An oak wagon

Where it is from: Lchashen village, Armenia

When it was made: Circa 1500 B.C.

Covered wagons are often associated with the Old West. But the best-preserved example of an ancient covered wagon was actually found in a Bronze Age grave in Armenia, where it had been buried for 3,500 years.