Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered a full handprint on a clay “soul house” used in a burial setting. The 4,000-year-old Egyptian handprint is considered “rare” and will be part of a new fall display at the university’s Fitzwilliam Museum. Ancient Egyptian potters did not get to enjoy high status within their society. Roughly 4,000 years ago, when an ancient Egyptian potter left a handprint on the bottom of a “soul house” used in a burial, the mark likely wouldn’t have been noticed. The clay soul house is dated to between 2055 and 1650 B.C.