AnirudhaMore To The Investigation
Papyrologist’s excavation was going brilliantly. de Monins Johnson excavation was giving him the exact thing he was looking for. His investigation helped him to publish a three-volume book called Antinoopolis Papyri. The book was released in the 1950s and 1960s. But his dig turned to be something else when he was able to discover amazing artifacts on top of the papyri.
Keep Searching
Excavating a site isn’t an easy task to do. There is a lot of work that goes into that. Johnson knew what he was doing would surely change his life and the past for everybody else. He decided to stay a little longer on the site because the first evidence he found made him a little confident about the area. He kept the investigation on. He was stunned to find so many things during the excavation but it was this one thing that stole the show.
Is That All?
Along with the papyri, Johnson was lucky enough to find textiles, coins, shoes, and even wooden clapper. He thought it was all he would find but then he was taken aback with the discovery that was found after all these items were discovered. Who could have thought that his excavation would take an amazing turn and between everything he would be able to find the most amazing thing in the world. What’s that? You’ll find soon…
The Discovery
Johnson was able to find a lot of things but it was an ancient sock that made him want to know more about it. The thing is that there has been no evidence before about the fact that the Egyptians wore socks in the past, until now. But, in 2018, there was new information that the researchers were able to find about the sock that was discovered by Johnson.
New Information
We now know that the Egyptians loved accessories and makeup. But the scholars believed that the people were barefoot but this discovery changed that theory for good. The researchers were able to find that they did use sandals when they had an important event to cover. And what’s amazing that they wore socks too.
The British Museum
The sock which was discovered eventually landed at the British Museum in London, where it was kept under the category of Antinoopolis collection. In the year 2018, the team of researchers who were trying their best to figure out the sock and its age found out that someone in the past woven the wool sock around 300 AD, making it amazingly 1,700-years-old. But there was something else which researchers found out later.