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06-04-2014, 03:52 AM
The World's Oldest Pair of Pants Are 3,000 Years Old
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Hipsters of the world, take **te: Drop-crotch pants were in way before MC Hammer and Justin Bieber (http://mashable.com/category/justin-bieber/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) wore them.
A German archaeological team recently discovered a pair of pants that were between 3,000 and 3,300 years old on the remains of a man buried in a cemetery in Xinjiang, China. They were made of wool and intricately patterned, according to a report in the Journal of Archaeological Science (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440303000566). Mayke Wagner, who worked on the project, assumes the pants were created in response to a surge in horseback riding.
See also: 11 Startups Reshaping NYC’s Fashion Industry (http://mashable.com/2012/09/07/nyc-fashion-startups/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Wagner fashioned a replica of the trousersA teammate who tried them said the pants were **t suitable for long-distance walking, spurring the investigation into whether they were designed for riding. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/oldest-pants/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Hipsters of the world, take **te: Drop-crotch pants were in way before MC Hammer and Justin Bieber (http://mashable.com/category/justin-bieber/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) wore them.
A German archaeological team recently discovered a pair of pants that were between 3,000 and 3,300 years old on the remains of a man buried in a cemetery in Xinjiang, China. They were made of wool and intricately patterned, according to a report in the Journal of Archaeological Science (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440303000566). Mayke Wagner, who worked on the project, assumes the pants were created in response to a surge in horseback riding.
See also: 11 Startups Reshaping NYC’s Fashion Industry (http://mashable.com/2012/09/07/nyc-fashion-startups/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Wagner fashioned a replica of the trousersA teammate who tried them said the pants were **t suitable for long-distance walking, spurring the investigation into whether they were designed for riding. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/oldest-pants/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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