15/05/2024
The armenian 5,500-year-old leather shoe - complete with laces
The 5,500-year-old shoe was discovered by an Armenian graduate student from the Institute of Archaeology of Armenia, Diana Zandaryan. The shoe was preserved by both the cold, dry conditions of a cave and a layer of sheep dung which was covering it, acting as a weathering seal.
Along with the shoe, containers of wheat, barley, and apricots were also discovered. The shoe dates to about 3,500 BC making it 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza and a few centuries older than the initial levels of Stonehenge, the construction of which began in 3,000 BC.
