Bronze Age Bone Ice Skates Found in China
An ancient interaction between east and west of Eurasia is suggested by the discovery of bone ice skates in a Bronze Age tomb in western China
In China's western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, a hilly region where some archaeologists believe skiing originated, scientists discovered 3,500-year-old ice skates made of animal bone. According to a statement, these ice skates, the earliest ever discovered in China, were constructed from oxen and horse bones (opens in new tab).
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