The oldest shoe in the world made of leather more than 5,500 years ago was found in 2008 in good condition in Areni-1 cave located in Vayots Dzor district in Armenia.
The report of the group's research results published on June 9, 2010, in the journal PLOS One states that the shoe is the most unique and oldest known to researchers in the world today.
Source: UGC
The discovery was carried out by an international group of researchers led by Boris Gasparyan, an archaeologist from the Institute of Archeology and Culture of the National Academy of Sciences in Armenia.
According to Wikipedia, Gasparyan was assisted by the project's co-directors Ron Pinhasi of Chuo University of Cork in Ireland, and Gregory Areshian from UCLA.
Judgment
The first person to encounter the shoe was an Armenian high school student, Diana Zardaryan, who was in a group of archaeologists from the Institute of Archeology and Culture, Ireland and United States.
Source: UGC
The shoe was found lying face down in a small, circular, stamped pit 45 cm (18 in) deep and 44–48 cm (17–19 in) wide, beneath a fragment of a broken bowl.
It also had grass inside although it is not clear what their function was either to keep the shoe warm or to prevent it from losing its shape.
In the area where the shoe was found, a broken pot and goat horns were also found. At the same time, archaeologists found an even more ancient area that was used to make wine.
The research was funded by the National Geographic Society, the Chitjian Foundation, the Gfoeller Foundation, the Steinmetz Family Foundation, the Boochever Foundation and the Cotsen Institute of Archeology at UCLA.
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