Archaeo-Histories on Nostr: A Roman brick from Cherchell, Algeria,, bears a 2000-year-old imprint of a human ...
A Roman brick from Cherchell, Algeria,, bears a 2000-year-old imprint of a human hand. The handprint appears to belong to a large Roman man who pressed his hand into the brick while it was drying before being fired. Upon closer inspection, the fingerprints and skin textures of the man are visible, providing a tangible connection to the distant past.
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