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1,500-Year-Old ‘Golden Shoes’ Found in Noblewoman’s Grave Reveal Ties to the Hunnic World
A richly furnished grave on Kazakhstan’s Caspian coast has revealed 1,500-year-old gold-covered shoe fittings belonging to a noblewoman whose burial shows striking connections with the Hunnic world. The objects, sometimes described as “golden shoes,” were not footwear made entirely of precious metal. Archaeologists instead recovered elaborate shoe buckles and strap fittings covered with thin gold…