World's oldest leather shoe

[DN BROKER]

Above is what archaeologists suggest is the world's oldest leather shoe ever found. Researchers found the 5,500-year-old footwear in an Armenian cave. Until the find, the oldest leather shoe was one worn by Ötzi, the murdered Iceman I posted about yesterday. From the New York Times:

World's oldest leather shoe - Boing Boing

 

[johname]

Who would have thought sheep dung would be such a good preservative? lol

 

[DN BROKER]

indeed, amazing discovery