This is one of the shoes found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, from approx.
1323 BC probably.
The side walls are covered with a mesh of almost 500 square and round beads, the closing needed almost 400 rings of 2.5mm diameter to be brazed together to form small pipes of 16 rings each through which the leather strings are threaded.
King Tutankhamun might have worn some sort of orthopedic shoes specially designed to cope with his club foot condition, an investigation into the pharaoh's footwear has suggested.
This is one of the shoes found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, from approx.
1323 BC probably.
The side walls are covered with a mesh of almost 500 square and round beads, the closing needed almost 400 rings of 2.5mm diameter to be brazed together to form small pipes of 16 rings each through which the leather strings are threaded.
King Tutankhamun might have worn some sort of orthopedic shoes specially designed to cope with his club foot condition, an investigation into the pharaoh's footwear has suggested.