Bedding dated to 77,000 BC was discovered in Sibudu Cave, South Africa.[4] The bedding consists of sedge and other monocotyledons topped with the leaves of Cryptocarya woodii Engl.[4] Beds found in a preserved northern Scottish village, which were raised boxes made of stone and likely topped with comfortable fillers, were dated to between 3200 BC and 2200 BC.[5] The Egyptians had high bedsteads wh