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Old shoes

Old shoes doesn't sound interesting but I managed to find some fine examples. These range from the incredibly short and tall Venetian Chopines, which had 2 foot soles for courtesans to wade through sewage lined streets, to the opposite-shaped long, skinny, medieval Poulaines, which had toes stuffed with moss. Interestingly the worlds oldest shoes come from the New World, or Oregon to be exact.

My personal favorites are the Roman shoes from the time of Constantine, whose style show just show eastern, or to our eyes, Arabic, the Empire would have felt at that time.


Mediaeval Poulaines recovered from the Thames



Roman Leather Shoes from the Period of Constantine

What I love about these amazingly preserved shoes is that they show how the late Roman empire would have felt more Eastern, or Persian in style.


Worlds oldest shoes, 10,000 year old Sagebrush bark sandals

Somewhat surprisingly, the oldest shoes in the world come from Oregon


Replica of 5000 year old shepherd shoes



Chinese flower pot sole clogs



29 inch Venetian Chopines

16th C cows mouth shoe



Qabaqib shoes for women in Turkish bathouses



Tutankhamen's sandals

With chained Semitic slaves as symbolic of his enemies being crushed underfoot.


5500 year old leather shoe from Armenia



Ancient Greek Pair of Terracotta Boots 900 BC



Late Mediaeval Patten shoe


Capal nabi.

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