16 of the oldest miraculously preserved everyday items
Today, humanity has a lot of new technologies at its disposal, which are invented almost every day and which quickly come into use and remain there for a long time. However, most of the things we use every day are many hundreds of years old. People in the old days might not have had texting and selfies, but they enjoyed everyday things like flush toilets, chewing gum, and purses, just like us.
So, today we present to you photographs of the oldest everyday objects in the world. Moreover, the oldest surviving things. Can you imagine how much was lost?
These Egyptian wool socks, designed to be worn under sandals, were knitted sometime between 300 and 499 BC. n. e., and were discovered in the 19th century.
Sumerian beer recipe - 3000 BC. e. The result is a very strong beer with bits of bread floating in it.
They were found on Baffin Island in Canada. Actually, these are more likely not sunglasses, but rather snow glasses, designed to reduce the intensity of the sun's rays reflected from the snow.
This is the Venus from Hohle Fels, she is 35-40 thousand years old and is the oldest sculpture of the human body. She was found in Germany.
This 5,500-year-old cowhide moccasin was found in a cave in Armenia, and was preserved by grass and dry sheep droppings. The left shoe was never found.
This flute is about 40,000 years old. It is made from vulture bone and was found in southern Germany. Some scientists believe that music may have given our ancestors a strategic advantage over Neanderthals.
The oldest pair of trousers in the world is 3,300 years old. They were found in Western China.
Ephesus, an ancient city in Turkey, has flush toilets. Actually, everything is very simple: fast-flowing waters under the seats carried all the waste directly into the neighboring river.
This bra was used from 1390 to 1485 in Austria. There are earlier descriptions of "breast bags", but surviving examples have never been seen.
This 3,000-year-old prosthesis was used to help people in Egypt walk again. Tests confirmed that it was a fully functional prosthesis, and not just decoration.
These dog teeth are all that remains from a disintegrated 4,500-year-old wallet found in Germany. They were probably part of the outer door.
This sheep intestine condom was used in 1640 in Sweden. Moreover, the condom is reusable, and the instructions for it (in Latin) said that it should be washed with warm milk so as not to catch sexually transmitted diseases.
This cud from Finland was chewed at least 5,000 years ago. It is made from birch bark and was most likely used to cure oral infections or as an adhesive.
The oldest recorded melody was found in Ugarit, which is now part of Northern Syria. The music was written for the lyre.
The oldest coin was found in the ancient Greek city of Ephesus, now in Turkey. On its only decorated side is a lion's head.