Each summer, the Common Ridings—among the world’s largest and oldest equestrian spectacles—culminate in a grand party in more ...

An ancient leather saddle, discovered in a dry tomb in northwest China, has rewritten the history of equestrian gear. Radiocarbon dating placed the saddle between 727 and 396 BCE, proving structured ...

As anyone who's spent time in the saddle knows, riding a horse can be hard on your body. But can it change the way your skeleton looks? The answer, according to archaeologists from the University of ...

The bond between horses and humans goes back a long way: the animals have played a central role in our species' expansion around the globe, as well as their long and storied use in warfare – even as ...

A new, wide-ranging exploration of human remains casts doubt on a long-standing theory in archaeology known as the Kurgan hypothesis -- which, among other claims, suggests that humans first ...