1,800-year-old handprints reveal secrets of ancient city of Aigai

Discovering handprints on ancient bricks helps scientists better understand the lives and technology of ancient people in Greece.

It is known that the ancient city of Aigai is one of 12 Aeolian cities founded about 2,700 years ago. Photo: @ Bayar University.

During an archaeological excavation in the ancient city of Aigai, Northern Greece, experts from Bayar University unexpectedly discovered a strange artifact. Photo: @ Bayar University.

It is the handprint of a person estimated to be about 1,800 years old. Photo: @ Bayar University.

These three handprints were printed on a terracotta tile that was used to cover the floor of a worker who produced the tile. Photo: @ Bayar University.

Associate Professor Dr. Yusuf Sezgin, a lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, Bayar University, said that the brickmaker may have accidentally left a handprint before the brick dried, and eventually left three handprints on it. Photo: @ Bayar University.

"We can call it the fingerprint of a person 1,800 years old in history," said Associate Professor Dr. Sezgin. Photo: @ Bayar University.

According to Sezgin, such examples are rare in Greece. Photo: @ Bayar University.

In-depth examination and research of the handprints on the bricks are still underway, hoping to reveal more new information about indigenous life in the ancient city of Aigai nearly 2,000 years ago. Photo: @ Bayar University.

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