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An Ancient Handprint

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.

Here is a Great post from Steph the Archaeologist!

I saw this at the Roman Baths in Bath and the label said it’s a curse tablet written in British Celtic but with the Latin alphabet. The British Celts didn’t have a written language but this could be evidence that after the Romans arrived they used the new alphabet to write with. It’s an facinating example of how languages change and adapt and hopefully one day in the future it can be translated!
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Debunking myths about Archaeology!

Taking archaeology beyond big discoveries and bullwhips CU Boulder archaeologist Sarah Kurnick addresses some common myths about archaeology at the 50th anniversary of the discovery of China’s terracotta warriors.