According to Live Science, only a 14th-century B.C. leather scale armor found at King Tutankhamun’s ancient Egyptian tomb and a Scythian armor dating from the 8th to 3rd century B.C. come close.

The ancient leather scale armor could be dated to the period between 786 and 543 BC. Image credits: D.L. Xu, P. Wertmann, M. Yibulayinmu. In ancient times, armor would have been very precious.

The ancient leather scale armor could be dated to the period between 786 and 543 BC. ( D.L. Xu, P. Wertmann, M. Yibulayinmu.) In the remote Yanghai cemetery near Turfan, Northwest China, a team of ...

In Yanghai cemetery site, Turfan, the remains of one leather scale armour were discovered. The armour, datable to 786–543 BC, was originally made of 5,444 smaller scales and 140 larger scales ...

The ancient leather armor, datable to 786-543 BCE, was originally made of about 5,444 smaller scales and 140 larger scales, which, together with leather laces and lining, had a total weight of 4-5 kg.

In 2013, a nearly complete leather scale armor was found in the tomb of an approx. 30-year-old male near the modern-day city of Turfan in Northwest China.

RESEARCHERS have unearthed a 2,500-year-old ‘bionic’ military garment in Northwest China, a new study finds. The armor, which was buried along with a man, was discovered at Yanghai ceme… ...

In 2013, a nearly complete leather scale armor was found in the tomb of an approx. 30-year-old male near the modern-day city of Turfan in Northwest China.

"Noticeably, no scale armor, not even a single armor scale of leather or other material, were found in any of the other 520 excavated tombs of the Yanghai cemetery," the authors point out. "Nor are ...

In 2013, a nearly complete leather scale armor was found in the tomb of an approx. 30-year-old male near the modern-day city of Turfan in Northwest China. This unprecedented find, which survived the ...