Areni-1 Cave

The Areni Cave is a mul"component cave site with ar"facts da"ng from the Chalcolithic to the Bronze Age. Located near the town of Areni, which lies close to the Arpa River and the Gnishik River in Armenia's central Vayots Dzor Province, the caves are the site at which archaeologists have discovered what is likely the world's oldest winery, and ancient human brain, the remnants of a 5,500-year-old skirt made of straw, and the world's oldest leather shoe.