World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found

According to CNN.com,

Researchers excavating a cave in Armenia recently have found a leather shoe that could be the oldest the world has ever seen. The archaeologists have been digging in the cave since 2005 , and have since found a variety of skulls , pottery, goat and sheep feces, textiles, and wooden stakes. The shoe is a recent find, and Prehistoric Archeologist and lecturer at University College Cork in Ireland, Ron Pinhasi says,"The right-footed, undecorated shoe -- today it would be a size 5 -- probably belonged to a woman, "but we cannot be certain; it could be a man with small feet."

Pinhasi plans to take the shoe out of Armenia, to show in Switzerland and Germany, but is still waiting for permission by the Armenian government. Because of the shoe's fame so far, the government is posting guard by the excavation site, to prevent looters. "It's turning [out] to be sort of the most important site in Armenia," says Pinhasi.