Tristan Hughes
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how ancient egypt stayed egyptian he also recorded an episode later on with chris all about the tomb of alexander the great which also of course has a link a clear link to one of the objects that came to britain alongside the rosetta stone so we'll put a link to both of those episodes with chris in the show notes if you want more ancient egypt content on the ancients
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50,000 years ago, in a cave nestled high up in a hill in what is today northern Spain, a group of Ice Age hunters gather for a special purpose.
Firelight illuminates the cave wall in front of them as they begin their work.
Mixing their saliva with rich red ochre, they artfully blow this prehistoric paint over the vertical rock's surface, creating a line of bright red discs.
Next, they place their hands on the wall and do the same again, creating striking red outlines.
Handprints that will remain there for the next 50,000 years.