A shoe measuring approx. 3500 Years. He made a discovery, On the height 2 thousand. meters above sea level, a tourist hiking on one of the glaciers in Oppland, a mountainous region in the central part of the country. The find appeared on the surface of the ice as a result of its melting under the influence of the temperature that has been constantly increasing in recent years. The notified archaeologists initially estimated the age of the find at approx. 1000 Years. A shoe made of ice, transported to the Historical Museum in Oslo, they underwent a detailed study there. Then it turned out, that he is much older. According to archaeologist Espen Finstad, but ten, made of one piece of tanned leather, it is the oldest such product found in Norway. Its length is 25 cm, which according to the numbering used today means no 39.
This discovery put Norwegian archaeologists on alert. Gradual, but the clearly noticeable melting of Norwegian glaciers may bring another one, equally sensational discoveries. So they appealed to tourists and mountaineers, that they pay special attention to objects appearing on the surface of glaciers.
– Leave them in place, however, so that they are not damaged. In addition, examining them at the site of discovery can provide scientists with a lot of valuable information – reserved in an interview for the Norwegian radio station NRK Brit Solli, professor of archeology at the University of Oslo.
Counting shoe found 3500 Years
