Saturday, August 02, 2014

16 Oldest Surviving Examples Of Everyday Things

From Bored Panda: a list of the oldest examples of everyday objects. These are only the oldest surviving examples of these objects – many may have existed or are known to have existed even earlier.



These Egyptian wool socks, designed to go with sandals, were knitted between
300 and 499 AD and found in the 19th century. (Image: wikipedia.org)


“A Sumerian Beer recipe dating back to 3000 BC.
The beer is very strong and would contain chunks of bread floating around in it.”
(Image: imgur.com)


The world’s oldest sunglasses were discovered on Baffin Island in Canada.
They were snow goggles, designed to reduce the sun’s glare reflecting from the
snow.
(Image: canadacool.com)


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