Oldest Shoes inword Found In a Cave In Armenia?

Strappy shoes made ​​of cowhide, brown, made ​​5,500 years ago(the beginning of human civilization), was discovered in a cave in Armenia.

Shoes that are 5,500 years old, size 4, buried in a cave in Armenia, still looks intact and is still relatively good.

According to archaeologists (scientists pubakala), chances are the shoes belonged to a woman who accidentally buried in the cavefor ritual purposes. Inside the cave was also discovered three pots,each containing skulls of children, along with a container of barley,wheat, fruit and apricot.

The shoes worn by a farmer (woman who was buried in the cave)who live in the mountains of Vayots Dzor, Armenia in the province, adjacent to the borders of modern Turkey and Iran.

The shoes are made of one layer of leather, tanned with vegetable oil, and formed in accordance with the wearer's foot. Shoes thatcontain grass, where archeologists still keep the question of whether this grass to withstand the cold, or to maintain the shape of the shoe.

Map of Armenian territory. Sign of the red box (Areni 1) is the location where the ancient shoes were found.

The entrance to a cave in Armenia. Blue sign in the middle of the picture is the location where the ancient shoes were found.

This is an image hole dug in the cave where the discovery ofancient shoes.

Photos of the world's oldest shoes, as already mentioned above,made ​​of leather, made ​​5,500 years ago (the beginning of humancivilization), apparently still durable and its shape intact.

Top and bottom images depict in detail the braided shoelaces. Andthe right image is the bottom of shoes (shoe soles).

source: http://unik.supericsun.com/