This kind of shoe appears to have been worn for thousands of years across a large area of Europe and beyond.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Or it could have been used to hold the shape of the shoe while it was not being worn.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

The shoe is small -- a European size thirty-seven, or a women's size seven in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Researchers in Armenia found the world's oldest leather shoe, and they say it was in surprisingly good condition.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

We also will tell about what some researchers are calling the world's oldest leather shoe.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

The cool and dry conditions in the cave protected the shoe and other objects.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

The researchers believe the shoe was shaped to fit the wearer's right foot.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

The shoe was made from a single piece of cowhide.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

His team also found grass placed inside the shoe.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

So,in a sense the shoe is really on the other foot,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

But Indonesia's shoe industry contradicts that forecast.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

And for many others, in Iraq and in other nations, the act turned the journalist into an instant folk hero, inspiring rallies, offers of money and marriage, as well as a statue of a bronze shoe.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15