Discover a pair of girl sandals
Information: A surprising 1,500-year-old sandal with a woman’s message in Greek:
A message in Greek reads: “Use it in health, my lady, wear it in beauty.”
Historical monuments are considered one of the factors that most contribute to attracting tourists from all over the world.
They differ in the way they are discovered and found, as they are often discovered by chance, without any effort in research.
This is what happened recently in Istanbul during excavation operations, where a 1,500-year-old pair of sandals was discovered with a beautiful message in Greek.
To become one of the main attractions of the city's Archaeological Museum.
The sandal contains a message in Greek that reads: “Use it in health, lady, and wear beauty and happiness.”
The astonishing discovery was made during operations conducted by the Marmaray Project, an undersea railway tunnel linking the Asian and European sides of Istanbul under the Bosphorus Strait.
The excavations, which began in 2004, have revealed new historical aspects of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
The Turkish newspaper Sabah reported that about 60,000 artifacts discovered over a period of nine years are being kept in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum until a special museum is built for them.
The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century AD and continued to exist for another thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, the military power of Europe.
The sandals belonged to a Greek woman
Scientists say that the discovered sandals date back more than 1,500 years and that they belong to a woman.
The Byzantines loved colors and patterns, and made and exported very rich patterned fabrics, especially Byzantine silk, which was woven and embroidered for the upper classes and resist-dyed and printed for the lower classes.
Modesty was important to everyone, and most women appeared to be almost completely covered by shapeless clothing.
A large amount of footwear was found in this excavation project, with sandals, slippers and boots.
Red, reserved for empire use in men's shoes, is actually the most common color for women's shoes.
Purses are rarely visible, and appear to be made of fabric matching the dress, or perhaps tucked into the sash.
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