A handprint left by an Egyptian potteraround 4,000 years ago has been discovered on the underside of a clay “soul house,” a ...

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the U.K., have made the thrilling discovery of a 4,000-year-old handprint on an ancient Egyptian funerary object, in the course of preparing a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the Fitzwilliam Museum's newly rehung galleries - PA Photo “Pointed but respectful”: that’s how the director of Cambridge’s ...

William Blake, "Albion rose" (“Glad Day” or “The Dance of Albion”) (1794–96), Engraving and etching, colour printed with hand colouring on paper (© The Trustees of the British Museum) CAMBRIDGE, ...

It may not be quite the British Museum's Great Court, but the Fitzwilliam Museum's new enclosed courtyard, unveiled yesterday, does a similar job - albeit in a style more restrained than Foster and ...

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With cultural institutions across the UK closed due to coronavirus, explore their collections through a fun quiz. Today’s is set by the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge This quiz is brought to you in ...

Left: The underside of the “soul house” with the maker’s handprint visible towards the bottom. Right: Detail of the fingers from handprint Courtesy of Fitzwilliam Museum An Ancient Egyptian handprint ...