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ARMENIAN ARCHEOLOGISTS: 5,900-YEAR-OLD SKIRT FOUND
The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 26, 2010; 3:15 PM
YEREVAN, Armenia
An Armenian archaeologist says that scientists have discovered a
skirt that could be 5,900-year-old.
Pavel Avetisian, the head of the Institute of Archeology and
Ethnography in Yerevan, said a fragment of skirt made of reed was
found during recent digging in the Areni-1 cave in southeastern
Armenia. Avetisian told Tuesday's news conference in the Armenian
capital that the find could be one of the world's oldest piece of
reed clothing.
Earlier excavation in the same location has produced what researchers
believe is a 5,500-year-old shoe, making it the oldest piece of
leather footwear known to researchers.
Boris Gasparian, an Armenian archaeologist who worked jointly with
U.S. and Irish scientists at the site, said they also found a mummified
goat that could be 5,900-year-old, or more than 1,000 years older
than the mummified animals found in Egypt.
From: A. Papazian
The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 26, 2010; 3:15 PM
YEREVAN, Armenia
An Armenian archaeologist says that scientists have discovered a
skirt that could be 5,900-year-old.
Pavel Avetisian, the head of the Institute of Archeology and
Ethnography in Yerevan, said a fragment of skirt made of reed was
found during recent digging in the Areni-1 cave in southeastern
Armenia. Avetisian told Tuesday's news conference in the Armenian
capital that the find could be one of the world's oldest piece of
reed clothing.
Earlier excavation in the same location has produced what researchers
believe is a 5,500-year-old shoe, making it the oldest piece of
leather footwear known to researchers.
Boris Gasparian, an Armenian archaeologist who worked jointly with
U.S. and Irish scientists at the site, said they also found a mummified
goat that could be 5,900-year-old, or more than 1,000 years older
than the mummified animals found in Egypt.
From: A. Papazian