Archaeologists stunned by rare medieval shoes and bags hiding under capital city

Archaeologists in Norway’s capital have unearthed thousands of leather artifacts that offer a rare glimpse into Oslo’s past – and the fashion of its medieval inhabitants.

The findings were recently announced by the Norwegian Maritime Museum.

Experts from the museum as well as others from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research conducted excavations in the port district of Bjørvika over last winter and spring.

Bjørvika was originally underwater during medieval times, but landfill across the centuries gradually turned it into dry land. 

Researchers expected some historic finds ahead of their work – but they didn’t know they’d find thousands of leather artifacts in such a relatively small area.

Archaeologist Marja-Liisa P. Grue with the maritime museum told Fox News Digital the excavators found 2,900

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