German researchers have made a remarkable find - a perfectly preserved pair of children's shoes that are more than 2,000 years old. Experts from the German Mining Museum in Bochum, Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources, have been conducting mining archaeological investigations at the Dürrnberg near Hallein since 2001. Dürrnberg, near Salzburg in Austria, is renowned for its historical salt mining, dating back to the Iron Age. Recent excavations, led by Professor Dr. Thomas Stöllner, Head of t