30 days and subtracting. Day 5

One pic, or series of one thing, for 30 days. This is day 5.

Shoes. I’m more into scarves and bags but hey... today I got some new shoes and... since I created this 30 day challenge for myself and I need to think of something to photograph and blog about... I see the world with different eyes... and everything is now a source.

Shoes. The earliest known shoes, as Wiki tells us are sandals dating from about 8000 to 7000 BC and found in Oregon, USA in 1938. The world's oldest leather shoe, made from a single piece of cowhide laced with a leather cord along seams at the front and back, was found in a cave in 

Armenia in 2008 and is believed to date to 3,500 BC.

I can’t but notice some sort of a resemblance.

Many people in ancient times, such as the Egyptians, Hindu and Greeks, saw little need for footwear, and most of the time were barefoot. The Egyptians and Hindus at times wore ornamental footwear, such as a soleless sandal known as a "Cleopatra", which did not provide any practical protection for the feet. The ancient Greeks largely viewed footwear as self-indulgent, unaesthetic and unnecessary. They obviously never stepped into chewing gum. Or pavement on a hot summer day... 

Shoes were primarily worn in the theatre, as a means of increasing stature, and many preferred to go barefoot. Athletes in the Ancient Olympic Games participated barefoot – and naked.  Stop picturing slow motion running races! :O) Even the Gods and heroes were primarily depicted barefoot, and the hoplite warriors fought battles in bare feet and Alexander the Great conquered half of the ancient world with barefoot armies. ...And you think your job is hard!

Wiki also teaches us that: In literature and film, an empty shoe or a pair of shoes signifies death. Damn.