Scientists have found what is believed to be the oldest shoe leather in the worldabout 5,500 years old, and dates back to 1000 years before the construction of the pyramids in a cave in Armenia.
The length of the shoe 24.5 centimeters in width and from 7.6 cm to 10 cm, due toabout 3500 BC, was discovered by a team of researchers
The length of the shoe 24.5 centimeters in width and from 7.6 cm to 10 cm, due toabout 3500 BC, was discovered by a team of researchers
And shoe-making from a single piece of cow leather, with straps to tighten the rallying around the foot, and found in good conditions inside the cave which is located in the territory of Vaitus Dzur in Armenia on the border between Armenia and Iran and Turkey.
Said Ron Bnhasse, a researcher at University College Cork in Ireland and who ledthe research team that the shoe "is not known whether a man or a woman .. It is small in size (37 Palmqas European and 7 Palmqas U.S.) .. can also fits a man of that time. "
He added, "We thought at first that he could be a piece of waste, but at the sametime, It's very strange, because we have only one individual, which is in very good condition .. is likely to be intentionally put in this place.
It is noteworthy that the oldest known shoe in the world is believed to be eased back to about 8000 a year, but the new discovery is made of the skin.
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