Archaeologists have discovered what they say is the world’s oldest known leather shoe.
Perfectly preserved under layers of sheep dung (who needs cedar closets?), the shoe, made of cowhide and tanned with oil from a plant or vegetable, is about 5,500 years old, older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, scientists say.
Leather laces crisscross through numerous leather eyelets …
NY Times – This Shoe Had Prada Beat by 5,500 Years
(via The Long Now Blog)
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