Posted on 10/16/2010 1:21:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Boris Gasparyan, of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography at the RA National Academy of Sciences, head of the Armenian archeological expedition, is extremely concerned about the further examination of the ancient shoe and says he himself had time enough only to estimate the age of the shoe and learn a little bit about how it was made, before it was taken custody by the state history museum...
According to the order by which archeological excavations are held, artifacts must be delivered to the State two years after the excavations. Gasparyan says that the legislation regulating archeology is imperfect; there is no law on archeology in Armenia.
According to that order, it is the head of the expedition who must decide which museum the artifact must be delivered to, something that has not been the case with the oldest shoe...
Gasparyan says, however, that New York's Metropolitan Museum, one of the world's most famous archeological centers, offered to fully examine the shoe, restore it and exhibit for six months as a compensation for their expenses, and later return the shoe to Armenia...
The expedition has discovered that 39 caves in the cave complex of Vayots Dzor were once populated.
Besides the shoe, well-preserved wooden, bone and leather objects, a clothing item, even human soft tissues and human body remnants were found in Areni...
The archeologist says that there are other artifacts which may cause an even greater stir. Almost fully preserved mutton and sheep fur were found in the cave. They are waiting for dating results. Gasparyan believes that it is 6,000 years old, which would mean that it was a mummy, and it is older than all Egyptian mummies.
(Excerpt) Read more at armenianow.com ...
World's oldest shoe [Photolure]
Areni-1 cave in Vayots Dzor [Nazik Armenakyan / ArmeniaNow]
Archeologyst Boris Navasardyan [Nazik Armenakyan / ArmeniaNow]
Inside the cave where the oldest shoe and other important artifacts, including a winery, were found. [Nazik Armenakyan / ArmeniaNow]
World's oldest shoe [Photolure]
Areni-1 cave in Vayots Dzor [Nazik Armenakyan / ArmeniaNow]
Archeologyst Boris Navasardyan [Nazik Armenakyan / ArmeniaNow]
Inside the cave where the oldest shoe and other important artifacts, including a winery, were found. [Nazik Armenakyan / ArmeniaNow]
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World’s oldest shoe? Have to question that claim.
Looks like a Rockport. They really LAST!
IT LOOKS JUST FINE after 5000 years in a friggin’ CAVE, but watch “experts” and bureaucrats destroy it in 30 days!!
I always laugh...Indians had snuggies of all kinds....bear, deer, buffalo hide etc. They just weren't dumb enough to wear them backwards so that their butt freezes.
That shoe thing is a bunch of Croc.
I can’t think of a *sole* reason to agree.
The couple of pair I have aren’t in that good a shape. Last time I saw any of those, it was at a Renaissance fair, hmm, somewhere in upstate NY, in the vendor area, the guy was (allegedly) handmaking them, must have been using the leftover “vibram” soles.
That's so bad it leaves a welt.
That’s what Morggender said.
As said by the pirate, I'm stumped.
You mean to tell my you’ve never heard...
[drum roll]
of the Morggender welt?
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