shoes Archive

2,000-Year-Old Roman Sandal With Nails Found In Germany

AncientPages.com | June 28, 2024

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation's archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a civilian settlement surrounding an auxiliary Roman fort dating from approximately

Unique Well-Preserved 16th-17th Century Fabrics And Shoes Found In Torun, Poland

Archaeology

Unique Well-Preserved 16th-17th Century Fabrics And Shoes Found In Toruń, Poland

AncientPages.com | May 13, 2024

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery during their research at the Camerimage film center construction site in Toruń, Poland. The excavation team has

Ancient History Facts

Why Were Uncomfortable Poulaines High Fashion During The Middle Ages?

AncientPages.com | March 16, 2024

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - You have probably seen people wearing shoes with extremely long toes in many Medieval paintings. These pointed shoes, whose tips could extend from

Archaeology

Earliest Evidence Of Flip Flops In The Middle Stone Age

AncientPages.com | October 27, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In a twist in the ancient human story, emerging evidence suggests that we may have worn shoes as early as the Middle Stone

Archaeology

Ancient Footprints Offer Evidence Humans Wore Shoes 150,000 Years Ago – Scientists Say

AncientPages.com | September 11, 2023

AncientPages.com - When and where did our ancestors first fashion footwear? We cannot look to physical evidence of shoes for the answer, as the perishable materials from which

Artifacts

World’s Oldest Shoes: Some Look Surprisingly Modern

AncientPages.com | June 22, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - More than 700 years ago today, on May 20, 1310, shoes were made for the first time for both right and left feet.

Archaeology

1,700-Year-Old Roman Shoes And An Exceptional Glass Workshop Unearthed In France

AncientPages.com | June 5, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in the small village of Thérouanne, located on the river Lys in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France

Rare Ancient Clothes And Shoes Found Under The Ice At The Lost Lendbreen Mountain Pass

AncientPages.com | February 9, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - People can die in the mountains for many reasons. Hiking through ice and snow is challenging, and it is not uncommon for disoriented

Left: A silver ring shaped like a snake which was found in Catterick © Northern Archaeological Associates; Right: One of the many keys found in Catterick, North Yorkshire. © Northern Archaeological Associates

Archaeology

Discovery Of Roman Settlement, Workshops And Artifacts Will Shed Light On Their Life In Northern England

AncientPages.com | April 13, 2017

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have recently discovered a range of Roman objects through a major road improvement scheme in North Yorkshire. The artifacts including Roman shoes, keys, a rare silver

Ancient shoes, small toy boat, Norway. NTNU University Museum

Archaeology

Ancient Wooden Toy Boat And Ancient Shoes That Dates Back To The Reign Of King St. Olav – Found

AncientPages.com | March 1, 2017

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have found a carefully carved toy in form of a wooden boat with a raised prow like a proud Viking ship, and a hole in

Archaeology

World’s Oldest Shoe Is 5,000-Year-Old

AncientPages.com | July 10, 2015

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The world's oldest shoe was discovered in Armenian cave and is around 5,500 years old. The artifact is older than famous Egyptian pyramids and

Archaeology

Unsolved Ancient Mystery: Why Were These Foreign Shoes Hidden In A Temple?

AncientPages.com | March 29, 2014

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Every now and then archaeologists stumble upon artifacts that are in the wrong place at the wrong time, or at least so it