Show find bone skates used in fifth century B C prague czechoslovakia Czechoslovak la the oldest ice fee skates in the world so fists assert have been discovered in a museum here they date back to the fifth century B C the skates are fashioned from the bones of cattle the bone being flattened oft off on one side along its length and perforated at each end to admit leather ankle analo thongs the natural curve at either end of the bone toward the hie joints served to keep the alie toot foot in place and formed the upward bend of the running ing edge |