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

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.