Photo: Heather Moreton · CC BY 2.0 horse breed · 671 on Animalso
Egyptian Arabian
- Animal
- Horse
- Type
- Arabian horse
- Origin
- Egypt
- Height
- 1.49 cm
About the Egyptian Arabian
The Arabian or Arab horse is a breed of horse with historic roots in West Asia. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest modern breeds. Although modern DNA cannot trace breed purity in the modern population beyond 200 years, there is archaeological evidence of horses in the Middle East with landrace characteristics that resemble modern Arabians dating back 3,500 years. Arabian horses have spread around the world by both war and trade, being used to improve other breeds by adding speed, refinement, endurance, and strong bone. Today, Arabian bloodlines are found in almost every modern breed of riding horse.
More horse breeds from Egypt
Baladi horse Egypt Photo: Karen Green · CC BY-SA 2.0 Other Arabian horse breeds
Einsiedler Switzerland Photo: Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Eriskay Pony Scotland Photo: Mipmapped · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Erlenbach horse Switzerland Photo: Karl-Joseph Brodtmann · Public domain 
Photo credits7 photographs on this page
- Egyptian Arabian — Heather Moreton · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- Baladi horse — Karen Green · CC BY-SA 2.0 · file page
- Einsiedler — Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Emscherbrücher — Stahlkocher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Eriskay Pony — Mipmapped · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- Erlenbach horse — Karl-Joseph Brodtmann · Public domain · file page
- Esperia Pony — Justlettersandnumbers · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under the licence each one names. How Animalso credits photographs.