Archaeologists find 5,000-year-old sandal
11/03/2009
German archaeologists have found a sandal that dates back 5,000 years.
The discovery came at a site near Lake Constance, in the south of the country, close to the border with Switzerland.
The team of archaeologists had been working on the site of a settlement of houses built on stilts close to the lake; the sandal turned up in silt deposits.
It is made from woven strands of wood, preserved for centuries by the mud.
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