In Norway, thousands of years old shoes are emerging from melting glaciers due to climate change.
While scientists continue to examine the 3,000-year-old shoe unearthed in the area called Langfonne today in the Jotunheimen mountains, a 1700-year-old sandal was discovered in another region called the Horse Ice Patch.
In a new statement released by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, “We are finding objects and remains related to animals and human activities that we did not even know existed.”
Not a single year has we discovered a find that has changed the boundaries of our understanding.
The university researchers noted that the 3,000-year-old shoe discovered at Langfonne was “the oldest item of clothing unearthed not only in Norway, but in all of Scandinavia.”
According to reviews, the small shoe is 36 or 37 sizes in today’s size. Therefore, researchers think that it belongs to a woman or a boy.
This shoe was originally unveiled in 2007. But studies of the work are ongoing, revealing new findings. Recent studies have revealed that the shoe dates to 1100 BC.
Another discovery announced in the previous weeks was the 1700-year-old boat.
The leather sandal is thought to have belonged to a traveler who walked on the Horse Ice Patch, a difficult mountain pass 2,000 meters above sea level, around the 4th century AD.
In addition to the fact that the object is extremely old, the fact that it reflects the Roman style also attracts archaeologists.
The find, discovered by a hiker in the area, was examined by archaeologist Vegard Vike of the Kulturhistorisk Museum in Oslo and the Secrets of Ice Project.
Vike’s review showed that the sandal was designed in the style of “Roman carbatina”, which was very fashionable in Europe in the early days of the Western Roman Empire.
Experts estimate that the sandal size 43-44 belongs to a man.
Finds paint a bleak picture
Although the discovery of new archaeological artifacts creates excitement for scientific investigations, it actually paints a bleak picture of the future of the Earth.
As rapidly melting glaciers reveal such antiquities, it means the planet is rapidly moving towards a dark future.
Recent research from the Norwegian Directorate of Water Resources and Energy reveals that an area of 364 square kilometers has completely melted in snow patches and glaciers since 2006.
Birgitte Skar, an archaeologist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, said:
A review based on satellite imagery taken in 2020 shows that more than 40 percent of the 10 pieces of ice from which antiquities emerged have melted.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Livescience, ZME Science
