I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death

---

Show picture

Elizabeth Semmelhack, curator for the Bata Shoe Museum, traces the high heel to male horse-riding warriors in the Middle East who used high heels for functionality, because they help hold the rider's foot in stirrups. [wikipedia]

---

Show picture

Horse rider

---

Show picture

Horse rider

---

Show picture