Moderator Johanna Posted June 10, 2010 Moderator Report Posted June 10, 2010 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 Quote You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
David Posted June 10, 2010 Report Posted June 10, 2010 BBC News http://news.bbc.co.u...nt/10281908.stm 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 Dave Quote
Moderator Johanna Posted June 10, 2010 Author Moderator Report Posted June 10, 2010 Hope the BBC doesn't mind- here is the picture: Quote You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
Members vreedonsett Posted June 10, 2010 Members Report Posted June 10, 2010 Hope the BBC doesn't mind- here is the picture: i doubt they will since it is on yahoo now http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_sc/us_sci_old_shoe Quote
Members czechmauseritis Posted June 10, 2010 Members Report Posted June 10, 2010 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.... Quote "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
Members celticleather Posted June 11, 2010 Members Report Posted June 11, 2010 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! Quote When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody
Members WyomingSlick Posted June 17, 2010 Members Report Posted June 17, 2010 LOL I thought it was kind of interesting that the scholars didn't know why grass was in the shoe. "Odor-eaters!" Quote (John 8:32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (KJV) And the truth is that religion is nothing more than the lame attempt by largely ignorant people to bring sense and order to a world that was beyond their comprehension. Once you see religion for the delusional and superstitious artifact it is............... you will be free !
Members goatman Posted March 28, 2011 Members Report Posted March 28, 2011 Preserved by layers of sheep dung. Approximately a size 7 ladies.....lol I had to laugh at that.jjDave Looks like maybe someone stepped in something and lost their shoe! Quote
JRLeather2 Posted March 28, 2011 Report Posted March 28, 2011 I was wondering where I had lost that....... Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted March 28, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted March 28, 2011 ahhhh, some of Ray's early work, I'm sure. Glad he upgraded to a machine, because his lacing is abysmal. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
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