Despite all that we’ve discovered about those who lived thousands of years ago, it can sometimes feel difficult to imagine them as real people. However, we’ve now been served up with a (literally) handy reminder,

A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb.

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum, UK, found the marking on an artefact due to go on display in an exhibition this autumn