Just read that the oldest known pair of pants, found in China, is over 3,000 years old and had woven-in kneepads for horse riding.

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Okay but woven-in kneepads for riding? That feels like a modern idea we're putting on old stuff. Look at old saddles and stirrups, they changed how you rode. Those pants might just be reinforced from lots of kneeling on the ground, like for farming or weaving. We always want the cool explanation to be true, but sometimes it's just about hard daily work.

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the_linda16d ago

Totally get that, I used to assume old leather patches were for riding until I spent a summer helping on a farm. Wore out my own knees just from kneeling in the dirt all day.