World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found—Stunningly Preserved

nationalgeographic.com ^ | June 9, 2010 | Kate Ravilious

[BlueStateBlues]

What size?

[hoosierboy]

was there a 5500 yr old piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of it???

[Arthur McGowan]

Kind of hard to imagine what the idiot would call “old-fashioned” or “antiquated.”

[Bigg Red]

Yeah, astonishing that people “probably” started wearing shoes to protect their feet. Was that an idiotic statement, or what?

As to the designer who is so surprised at how modern the shoe looks, one has to wonder just how many variations we could actually have for the shoe, even now.

[Secret Agent Man]

“Hey, that’s MY shoe!!” - Helen Thomas

[battousai]

“Hey, that’s MY shoe!!” - Helen Thomas

Oh, thanks for clarifying, for a moment there I thought that was Helen Thomas enjoying her 'retirement'

:)

[count-your-change]

“Protecting the foot was probably one of the main reasons people started wearing shoes, and certainly this seems the case for the world’s oldest leather shoe.”

Nothing gets past these guys! Probably only one shoe since the other was thrown at the local politician.

[FrogMom]

“...since the other was thrown at the local politician.”

Or “scholar”.

[married21]

“was there a 5500 yr old piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of it???”

---

No, chewing gum.

[ItsForTheChildren]

You can't kick anybody's ass with that.

- Obama

[Swordmaker]

If they find a cave of socks, we’ll finally solve the mystery of where lost socks wind up.

Didn't you know? Left socks are the larval form of coat hangers...

[meadsjn]

the 5,500-year-old moccasin-like shoe

That may be the oldest shoe that has been found, but I suspect people had been wrapping up their doggies for as long as they'd been walking, running, and hunting animals (maybe three million years).

[The Cajun]

Didn't you know? Left socks are the larval form of coat hangers...

All these years of searching and frustration, now I find out metamorphosis was at work....just damn!
That does however explain the over abundance of coat hangers on the floor of the walk in closet.

[Caipirabob]

World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found—Stunningly Preserved

Helen Thomas on line 2...

[Rocky]

I need a formal pair to go with my tux. Do you have it in black?

[SIDENET]

I need a formal pair to go with my tux. Do you have it in black?

I need a pair to go with my pimp suit.

Do they make it in purple fuzzy?

[I Buried My Guns]

“Last of the Breed” by Louis L’Amour

I never got into Western fiction, and thus was not really a L'Amour fan, but I gotta say Last of the Breed was an awesome read, and it resonates with me 20 years after reading it. It's one of those books I will force my children to read against their will, for their betterment.

[BnBlFlag]

“Last of the Breed”. A great book. I’ve read it about three times. Needless to say, it’s one of my favorites. I wish Louis could have gotten around to writing the sequel.

[SunkenCiv]

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[mass55th]

Soon to be worn by the wookie in the White House.