Cambridge researchers find 4,000-year-old Egyptian handprint

Ancient Handprint Surfaces on Artifact Ahead of Fitzwilliam Exhibit

A 4,000-year-old handprint, pressed into clay by an ancient Egyptian artisan and preserved for millennia, was discovered on 27 July on a funerary object during preparations for the Made in Ancient Egypt exhibition at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum on 3 October.  The imprint, hailed by curators as both “rare and exciting”, is believed to have been left inadvertently by the artisan who shaped the object, while touching the clay before it had fully…

Rare 4,000-year-old Egyptian handprint discovered on a "soul house"

A handprint dating back 4,000 years has been found on a "soul house," a type of ancient Egyptian tomb offering, which will go on display in England this fall.

Cambridge researchers find 4,000-year-old Egyptian handprint

The discovery is made ahead of an exhibition about the people who made the ancient Egyptian crafts.