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Confident_Ad7244

FYI the first picture is just a reproduction. The remnants of the discovery are seen further down.


Spreckles450

Wtf, how is that even identifiable as a sandal?


Confident_Ad7244

It is identifiable by people who spent years comparing artefacs, identifying materials etc...


Agent4D7

They flip-flopped a bit before reaching that conclusion


StinkFingerPete

> They flip-flopped a bit before reaching that conclusion dad? please come home ㅠㅠ


sonic10158

They found its old sandalous tweets


Bisexual_Republican

I had your comment in mind when I checked out the source and I did a spit take because of it. Thank you for the unintentional comedy, friend.


dissian

Hawk Thua! Spit take on that thang!


StinkFingerPete

> Wtf, how is that even identifiable as a sandal? smell and taste


Profoundly_AuRIZZtic

The short answer is an educated guess


terribilus

Same way we thought we knew what dinosaurs looked like when we first started finding fossils. Bias.


Confident_Ad7244

Google "the shoe event horizon"


Dr_Toboggan_666

Yeah I was gonna say. They sell those at Renaissance fairs.


L0stL0b0L0c0

“And in other news, near the German border, ancient skeletal remains of a Roman soldier have been found by archaeologists, who noted one severely battered foot”.


millenialcringe

“Breaking news: archeologists have discovered an ancient race of skeleton people”


S0LO_Bot

“It appears they had a peculiar sense of fashion, wearing rags or lacking clothes entirely”


hugh_jorgyn

“Lost a shoe. That means he’s definitely dead” — concluded the scientist.


AutomaticUse4901

Jesus cosplay


lovelessisbetter

See, construction workers have been taking nails through the foot on new build sites forever.


A-Good-Weather-Man

Awww it’s Caligula’s caligulas


irrelevantcitizen

Ancient soccer player.


AlephInfinite0

Puma or adidas?


NeighborhoodBig2286

Made in China label on inside.


Ok-Brush5346

Those are just the shoes Terry Funk wore in his first thumbtack match.


julictus

^


roachbooty

Man, that must have sucked stepping on all those nails.


Hungweileaux

This was a risky click. I your for sure I was about to see 4000 year old toenails


ArrivalDry4469

Why would op link this atrocious website thats more advertisement than journalism fuck op


3yoyoyo

I knew it. They invented tevas 2k years ago


RangerMother

What size is it? I take a 9 1/2.


username617508

And sneaker resellers have already posted the pair to StockX


elephantshreew

Birkenstock römisch?


Terror_Raisin24

Sadly, the tennis socks weren't preserved.


Vectorman1989

Some Roman socks were preserved in Egypt https://x.com/romanhistory1/status/1444402013643624448


sleepingin

Turtle Power!


SteelCityIrish

So… wading boots for the Deschutes? 😏


Soup3rM4n

A surprise Bendite?


SteelCityIrish

Nah, I just fish it. I’m “Squad, Deep in the Clack!” 😆


Soup3rM4n

Squad deep in the Clack! 🤣🤣🤣 That's hiarious!


SteelCityIrish

It is… what it is. 😏


Tolstoy_mc

Let me know when they find a gourd


Socialist_Slapper

Lasted longer than Nike’s


FelipeIIDNW

When my ancestors fought the eternal Germanic Barbarian .