Boris Gasparian for the Institute of Archaeology and Enthography


Long before women around the world slipped their feet into Manolos, Jimmy Choos, and Louboutins, there was one high-quality leather pair that was purely practical. The New York Times reports that
archaeologists working in a remote cave in Armenia have recently discovered what they say is the world’s oldest leather shoe. First look at it and you may think you see a dirty potato, but this moccasin-like slipper is a perfectly preserved shoe made of cowhide that is estimated to be about 5,500 years young. Talk about being so last season.

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