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
archaeologists have uncovered a shoe belonging to a child and dating back more than 2000 years in austria with a picture being released by the german mining museum in bochum it was found in the village of drrnberg known for its mining of rock salt the shoes lacing found preserved was likely made of flax or linen