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1,100-Year-Old Mummified Remains Found with Fantastic Footwear

When archaeologists in Mongolia stumbled across the remains of a 1,100-year-old mummy, they were surprised to that the corpse was still wearing footwear that was in remarkable condition.

However, a full restoration of the mummy was still needed to get a closer look, so the remains were sent to the Centre of Cultural Heritage of Mongolia.

After a full restoration, researchers were baffled to see that the footwear still had plenty of colour and a rather similar design to modern footwear – various stripes, just like Adidas!

These aren’t the earliest designs for Adidas sneakers of course, but they did turn to be knee-high boots made from felt and leather, with an eye-catching red and black stripped pattern.

“With these stripes, when the find was made public, they were dubbed as similar to Adidas shoes with the three stripes,” explains Galbadrakh Enkhbat, director of the Centre of Cultural Heritage of Mongolia.

“In this sense, they are an interesting object of study for ethnographers, especially so when the style is very modern.”

See pics.

Some fashions are timeless, it seems.

[Speaker to Animals]

Mesoamericans had shoes sort of like our tevas today. They were sandals with rubber soles and treads. They were actually far superior to the leather boots worn by Europeans at the time (though Europeans didn't have rubber yet).

[heydaralon]

People don't realize that many people in the old west had shoes or even boots. This was long before the invention of the steam engine. Shit, even some of those knights in the middle ages wore shoes made out of armor.

[Penner]

We have a thread dedicated to new historical finds here:



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