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5500 Year Old Shoe


Reported today in the open access journal PLoS One is the news of a 5500-year-old shoe, discovered in the Chalcolithic age deposits at Areni-1, a dry cave in in Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. The dry conditions of the cave have led to fabulous preservation, and the cave includes well-preserved occupations between the Neolithic and late Middle Ages.

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http://archaeology.about.com/b/2010/06/09/5500-year-old-shoe.htm
goffik Posted by goffik
10th June 2010ce

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