Showing posts with label archaeology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label archaeology. Show all posts

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Old sneakers. Like, really old...

Before we had Converse... In Armenia a team of archeologists have found 5000 year old leather sneakers which are the oldest of its kind in the world. The shoe, which is a women's size 7, is made out of tanned cowhide and is held together by a crisscrossed cord. To put things into perspective, this "vintage" shoes were created 1000 years before the Great Pyramid of Giza.
photo: Boris Gasparian/ Reuters