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Related: About this forumDiscovery Found In Bat Cave Changes History As We Know It
Story by Carver Malone 6mo 1 min read
Apair of shoes found in a Spanish cave may be the oldest ever discovered in Europe, dating back no less than 6,200 years of age, and potentially as old as 9,500 years.
The discovery included 20 sets of sandals, along with numerous other artifacts.
The shoes were originally dug out in the 1800s, but just recently were carbon-dating by researchers from the Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
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BWdem4life
(2,468 posts)2naSalit
(92,735 posts)Was holding out on us all along!
I just knew it.
sorcrow
(512 posts)It boggles my mind that twenty pairs were found together. The article is unclear on how together they were. Was it a village or a dwelling? Was this the house of the person who wove the shoes? Or some class of prehistoric Imelda Marcos? And why were the sandals left behind?
So many questions.
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markodochartaigh
(2,075 posts)Even back then the socks were never found!