April 16, 2010 - 20:05 AMT
Copper–Stone Age footwear discovered on the territory of Armenia

Armenian archaeologists discovered ancient national footwear (trekh) dating back to Copper–Stone Age, director of RA NAS Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Pavel Avetisyan stated.

As he told a news conference in Yerevan, “the find is extremely important being a fully preserved artifact. This is the oldest sample of ancient footwear ever found.”