Armenian cave yields what may be world's oldest leather shoe - C. The right-footed shoe probably belonged to a woman, archaeologists say. 5,500-year-old leather shoe found in Armenian caveFootwear may have been left as offeringIn 2 years since shoe was found, leather has hardened (CNN) -- Get a kick out of this: Researchers reported Wednesday finding the world's oldest leather shoe in a cave in Armenia.
The 5,500-year-old one-piece shoe antedates Stonehenge by a millennium and precedes every loafer, mukluk, wader, clog, bootee, stiletto, wingtip, mule, Oxford and cross trainer anyone has ever seen, according to Ron Pinhasi, a lecturer in prehistoric archaeology at University College Cork in Ireland. The effort that resulted in the find dates to 2005, when Pinhasi and his team of archaeologists first entered the cave about an hour south of the capital city of Yerevan, in Vayotz Dzor province on the border with Iran and Turkey, and decided it looked promising. This Shoe Had Prada Beat by 5,500 Years. Institute of Archaeology. PLoS ONE.
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