August 30, 2025
4,000 years old handprint found on the ancient Egyptian grave
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4,000 years old handprint found on the ancient Egyptian grave

A 4,000 -year -old handprint was discovered on a sound model used for offers in an old Egyptian grave.

Researchers of the Fitzwilliam Museum of the University of Cambridge University in the United Kingdom came across the impression, while he was preparing for an exhibition that is to be opened this autumn.

It was found on the basis of a “soul house”, a construction sound model that typically occurs in burials and, according to a press release from the museum, is said to have made a place for the soul.

The model has an open space at the front, in which food offers such as bread, salad or ox head can be placed.

The Soul House was on around 2055-1650 BC. BC subjected detailed exams that unveiled, as was made four millennia ago.

It was shown that the unnamed Potter first created a frame of wooden sticks for the two -story building, which was then coated with sound. The shooting process would have burned the wood away.

The handprint was found under the soul house and was most likely formed when the potter moved the model, while the sound was still moist and before it was fired in an oven.

“We discovered traces of fingerprints in wet paint or on a coffin in the decoration, but it is rare and exciting to find a complete handprint under this soul house,” said Helen Strudwick, senior Egyptologist in the museum and curator of the exhibition.

“This was left by the manufacturer who touched it before the sound dried,” she said in the publication. “I have never seen such a complete handprint on an Egyptian object. You can only imagine the person who did this and picks it up from the workshop to dry before shooting.”

“Things like this lead them directly to the moment the object was made, and for the person who has made it, which is the focus of our exhibition,” added Strudwick.

Large quantities of ceramics survived from ancient Egyptian times because the ceramics for functional objects and decorative pieces were widespread. It was common for pottery with food and drinks in burials.

While a lot is known about old Egyptian rulers like Tutankhamun, the stories of those who have created some of the many artifacts discovered in their graves are often overlooked.

According to the museum, the finished availability of sound and low value of the ceramic has probably influenced the social status of killers.

The Soul House is exhibited in the Cambridge Museum as part of the exhibition “Made in ancient Egypt”, which aims to highlight the stories of craftsmen like those who have left this handprint. It opens on October 3.

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