See a Stunningly Well-Preserved, 4,000-Year-Old Handprint Left Behind by an Ancient Egyptian Potter

See a Stunningly Well-Preserved, 4,000-Year-Old Handprint Left Behind by an Ancient Egyptian Potter

The find "takes you directly to the moment when the object was made," says curator Helen Strudwick

4000 year-old handprint inadvertently found on a ‘soul house’

As museum staff handled the artefact to put it on display, they made the discovery.

4,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Handprint Discovered On “Soul House” Tomb Offering

“I have never seen such a complete handprint on an Egyptian object before.”

A 4,000-year-old hand is waving from an Egyptian tomb

A remarkably well-preserved 4,000-year-old handprint has been uncovered on an ancient Egyptian funerary object by curators. The post A 4,000-year-old hand is waving from an Egyptian tomb appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.