Sometimes ancient fingerprints are preserved in artifacts later found by archaeologists. Some very intriguing fingerprints have been found and studied to determine age, gender and ethnicity of the last person to handle the object. Many were created thousands of years ago!
Here is a list of the 10 fingerprints discussed (with images) in the fascinating story What 10 sets of ancient fingerprints tell us about the people who made them
1. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Middle Eastern ancestry – 525 years ago
2. Medieval Europeans prayed mostly for themselves – 600 years ago
3. Fashion conscious women of Roman Britain get the pale look – 1,900 years ago
4. Division of labour in an Italian pottery workshop – 2,400 years ago
5. Data management in Europe’s oldest city – 3,300 years ago
6. Ancient Egyptian bakers pack bread for the trip to the afterlife – 3,300 years ago
7. Youth employment in Stone Age Sweden – 5,000 years ago
8. First farmers – 10,000 years ago
9. The child who picked up a figurine – 26,000 years ago
10. The Neanderthal weapon maker – 80,000 years ago
The Canadian Military Heritage Project recently added a Diary and Letters kept by Moise Godin during the Nile Expedition of 1884. It's a fascinating account of a Canadian boatman who joined hundreds of Canadians to take barges down the Nile River.
The Nile Expedtiion was the first instance of overseas service of
Canadians. In 1884, during the Battle of Khartoum in the Sudan, the
British put out a call for Canadian volunteers to help guide British
soldiers up the Nile River. The soldiers were to provide some relief to
the isolated men stationed there.
There are 3 pdf files available for download and several newspaper clippings
File 1: 32 pages from Moise Godin's Diary
File 2: Drawings & Tickets
File
3: 4 envelopes, 4 Letters to his wife Lucie dated 16, 17, 18, 20 Sept.
1884, 3 Letters to his wife early, middle & 30 of Oct 1884, 2
letters to his wife 25 Nov. 1884 & 16 Dec. 1884, Letters from his
wife Lucie to Moise 22 Sept.1884 & 1 Nov. 1884
