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The oldest example of a leather shoe has been discovered by archaeologists in a cave in Armenia.

At 5,500 years old, the well preserved cow-hide shoe pre-dates Stonehenge by 400 years and the Pyramids of Giza by 1,000 years.

It was made of a single piece of leather and was shaped to fit the wearer's foot, the researchers say.

BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10281908.stm

 

 

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I saw this article this morning Johanna, it even had the shoe laces, and some grass stuffing. Preserved by layers of sheep dung. Approximately a size 7 ladies.....lol I had to laugh at that.jj

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Hope the BBC doesn't mind- here is the picture:

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i doubt they will since it is on yahoo now

http://news.yahoo.co...us_sci_old_shoe

Interesting! I read in the article that the same style shoe was made for a long time and several places... funny how some things just persist....

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Fascinating! We found some 1000-year-old Viking boots when I worked on a dig in York thirty years ago. I thought they were old, but compared to this, they were youngsters!

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LOL I thought it was kind of interesting that the scholars didn't know why grass was in the shoe. "Odor-eaters!"

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Preserved by layers of sheep dung. Approximately a size 7 ladies.....lol I had to laugh at that.jj

Dave

Looks like maybe someone stepped in something and lost their shoe! :rolleyes:

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I was wondering where I had lost that.......

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ahhhh, some of Ray's early work, I'm sure. Glad he upgraded to a machine, because his lacing is abysmal.

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