2,700-year-old leather saddle found in woman’s tomb in China is oldest on record

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Image 1 of 2 The leather horse saddle from the tomb at Yanghai in northwest China is dated to roughly between 700 and 400 B.C. and may be the oldest ever found. (Image credit: Patrick Wertmann) Here it is viewed from the other side. (Image credit: Patrick Wertmann) Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborate leather horse saddle — possibly the oldest ever found — from a grave in northwestern China, according to a new study. The saddle, preserved for up to 2,700 years in the arid desert, was discovered in the tomb of a woman at a cemetery in Yanghai, in...