‘Rare and exciting’: 4,000-year-old handprint found on Egyptian clay model

Helen Strudwick, curator of Made in Ancient Egypt, views a 4,000-year-old ancient Egyptian handprint discovered on a “soul house” at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Wire)

A handprint left 4,000 years ago on a clay model crafted to go inside an Egyptian tomb has been discovered during preparation for an exhibition at a museum.

The “rare and exciting” complete handprint was probably made by the maker of the item who touched it before the clay dried, an Egyptologist at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum said.