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  2. Caligae - Wikipedia

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    An original caliga found at Qasr Ibrim, Egypt, c. 1st century BC – 1st century AD. Caligae (sg.: caliga) are heavy-duty, thick-soled openwork boots, with hobnailed soles. They were worn by the lower ranks of Roman cavalrymen and foot-soldiers, and possibly by some centurions. [1]

  3. Hanfu footwear - Wikipedia

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    Boot-like clogs The clogs which were worn in Southern China gradually became more boot-like after the Tang dynasty. [3] Xue (靴) Leather boots Leather boots were introduced by King Wuling of Zhao. They were generally worn by generals and calvarymen in Qin dynasty. [citation needed] The Han Chinese also made women's boots. [3]

  4. Areni-1 shoe - Wikipedia

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    The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. [1] It is a one-piece leather-hide shoe, the oldest piece of leather footwear in the world known to contemporary researchers.

  5. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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    Hop-o'-My-Thumb stealing the Seven-league boots from the Ogre, by Gustave Doré Ǒusībùyúnlǚ ( 藕 絲 步 雲 履 ; "[Lotus-root Thread] Cloud-stepping Boots" or "~Shoes"), made of lotus fiber, these are one of the treasures of the Dragon Kings; Ào Ming gives them to Sun Wukong in order to get rid of him when he acquires the Ruyi Jingu Bang.

  6. Clothing in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Carbatina (καρβατίνη, karbatínē), shoes worn by rustics, with sole and upper leather all in one. A piece of untanned ox-hide placed under the foot and tied up by several thongs, so as to cover the whole foot and part of the leg. [77] Crepida (κρηπίς, krēpís), a kind of shoe between a closed boot and plain sandals. [78]

  7. Melting ice reveals dozens of 7,000-year-old artifacts in ...

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    Other artifacts were made “using animal remains include a stitched hide boot and carved antler and bone tools.” A 3,000-year-old pair of stick wrapped in animal hide found in the ice.

  8. Buskin - Wikipedia

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    A buskin is a knee- or calf-length boot made of leather or cloth, enclosed by material, and laced, from above the toes to the top of the boot, and open across the toes. [ 1 ] The word buskin, only recorded in English since 1503 meaning "half boot", is of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French brousequin (in modern French brodequin ) or ...

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