“Unusually” a 2000 -year -old shoe was discovered at a Romanian site in northern England

They told Agence France -Presse on Thursday that a group of “large, unusual” shoes, which are 2000 years old, were drilled at a Roman site in northern England, left archaeologists in search of an explanation.

Eight large shoes, including One length is about 13 inches The equivalent of 49 in Europe and the size of 15 in the United States – it was found by archaeologists from Vindolanda Charity Trust in recent months.

“Eight of Magna shoes are now recorded 30 cm or more of their length, and this includes one of the shoes that bear the current record because it is the largest confidence shoe with a length of 32.6 cm,” said the Romanian Army Museum at the Romanian Army Museum. press release.

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Confidence was established in 1970 to dig and preserve Romanian and exchange it in Romanian in Vindolanda and Carrevurne, both of which are part of the Wall World Heritage site in Hadrian, in northern England.

The shoes were discovered in a defensive trench, which is often used by the Romans as a phone block, in the Magna fort in Northamberland.

Only a small portion of the shoes in the wide Vindolanda collection in a similar size, while about a quarter of the Magna site are in this scope, according to Rachel Ear, the chief archaeologist in the project.

She described it “really unusual”.

“We are all out of trying to work from perhaps it was here.”

She added that they were keen to know “which regiments were stationed in glory” and why is there exactly “a lot of big shoes on this site compared to others.”

The team has reported that the first “exceptionally large shoe” was found on May 21 and has continued to discover more since then, according to Vindolanda website.

“You need specific soil conditions with very low oxygen for organic bodies made of things like wood, skin, textiles and such things, to survive this time,” the frame is clear.

She pointed out that the team is looking into the history of the Roman Empire to obtain answers, while emphasizing people from different cultures and backgrounds that are likely to meet at the site.

“When people think about the Romans, they think about the Italians, they sometimes forget the extent of the empire and its extension.”

A video The chest is shown by confidence in the wide range of shoes that were discovered on the site. The video includes Dr. Elizabeth Green, Associate Professor at the University of Ontario, who watched and measured each shoe in the Vindolanda group.

“I think something is completely different happening here in Magna, even from this small sample that has been discovered, it is clear that these shoes are much larger on average than most Vindolanda collection,” Green said.

In separate Social media yet On Thursday, the fund said that archaeologists also revealed another ancient artifact – a bench comb.

“Magna makes news this week with all our giant shoes, but they are not the only handicrafts in the fortress.” “This morning, a comb of beautiful bearing wood has been discovered.”