A beautiful 2,000-year-old Roman sandal was discovered in Spain

Thousands of years ago, a person was washing up a well in Roman Spain

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when one of their leather sandals slipped off their foot. Archaeologists have discovered

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the missing shoe of the well cleaner 2,000 years later.

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Archaeologists uncovered the discovery this summer while excavating Lucus Asturum

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a Roman colony in northern Spain. Researchers used a pulley mechanism to safely explore

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the depths of the stone-lined well, where they discovered the beautifully painted

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Roman sandal submerged in mud around 10 feet (3 meters) below ground level

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