World's oldest leather shoe

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Above is what archaeologists suggest is the world's oldest leather shoe ever found. Researchers found the 5,500-year-old footwear in an Armenian cave. Until the find, the oldest leather shoe was one worn by Ötzi, the murdered Iceman I posted about yesterday. From the New York Times:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/10/worlds-oldest-leathe.html