Found: A Pair of Sandals

 ... from more than a thousand years ago.

A 1,500-year-old pair of Byzantine-era lady’s sandals was discovered during digs associated with the Marmaray, a commuter rail line, Project in Istanbul. The sandals, which likely belonged to a Greek woman, bear the following message in Greek: “Use in health, lady, wear in beauty and happiness.”

I kind of wish my sandals had a lovely inscription like this on the bottom. It would give a whole new meaning to Lord Byron's ode  "She walks in beauty, like the night..."

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