14The Mystery Of The Hidden Shoes
Image © 2005 Franco M. Giani
In 2004, archeologists discovered something unusual during an expedition in Egypt. In an ancient jar in a little open space between a pair of walls, they found seven shoes. Specifically, four of them were children’s shoes, and the other three belonged to an adult that might have had a limp.
The jar of shoes had been hidden over 2,000 years ago. An expert in ancient footwear, Andre Veldmeijer, reports the shoes were in “excellent condition”, expensive and meant for the elite. He speculated there was some trouble and the owners, for reasons yet known, hid the shoes, fled, and never returned.
