World's Oldest Shoe: History is a Trip
posted by drew
06.10.10
This shoe is 1000 years older than the Great Pyramid. History is the ultimate trip.
The history of the universe is the craziest thing ever, and human history is a mind-blowing part of that.
A group of archaeologists from UCLA and Ireland have just announced the discovery of the world's oldest leather shoe, described as "an exquisitely preserved, 5,600-year-old woman's size 7 lace-up," found "in a cave in Armenia," (LA Times, June 10).
The shoe dates from the Copper Age, the time of "the first cities, the first kings, the first axes, the first beauracrats, the first international trading system."
Inside the cave, along with the shoe, they discovered "winemaking apparatus complete with grapes and three human heads preserved in jars."
Say what?! That's raw.
History is wierd.
And raw.
And real.
History never fails to fascinate.
Filed under Culture
drew dellinger
Drew Dellinger is a speaker, poet, writer, teacher, and founder of Planetize the Movement. He has inspired minds and hearts at over 1000 events around the planet, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism, democracy and compassion.
[Full Bio]
search
upcoming events
- Feb 04: Gate 2 & Gate Transformational Story Conference
- Dec 27: The Galactic Tour
- Dec 15: Local Author Series
- Dec 09: Love Letter to the Milky Way: A Celebration
JOIN PLANETIZE THE MOVEMENT!
archives
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- November 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- June 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2007
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
what people are saying about drew
"Drew Dellinger is a national treasure. His poems for global justice bring light to these leaden times, helping us to see and defend the beauty of our world. His spoken word performances are exquisite in their intelligence and artistry: Setting the political challenges we face within the grandeur of our unfolding universe, they ignite both our wonder and our will."
- Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back to Life
photos
1