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Shoes covered in gold
Top Image: Gold ornaments discovered in situ around the head area of the elite woman buried at the Karakabak-10 cemetery in western Kazakhstan. Archaeologists used the position of the surviving plaques and other ornaments to reconstruct an elaborate headdress worn by the woman approximately 1,500 years ago. Source: Astafyev and Bogdanov/Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia

Shoes covered in gold

Karakabak, near Aktau. about 1,500 years ago. Greece and Rome. Known. Free

Known. Thin gold coverings were found on the shoe fittings of a young woman.

The grave is Burial 11 at the Karakabak cemetery, near Aktau, in western Kazakhstan. It dates to the second half of the fifth century, or the early sixth century AD, about 1,500 years ago. The gold is a thin sheet over wood or other material, so the shoes look golden. She also wore a headdress with round gold plaques and a belt with gold-covered pieces. The belt and shoe buckles were not made to work in daily life. They seem to have been made for the burial.

The page says it is still not proved that Karakabak is the old place called Aspabota.

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