Nina WillburgerMar 17

A fleeting moment preserved for millennia: around 1,900 years ago, a child stepped onto a Roman tile left to dry in the sun before firing, leaving behind a footprint that still speaks across the centuries.

Found in Nijmegen, on display at Museum Het Valkhof.

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If, like me, it appears that the footprint is *raised* from the tile, it's because of a lighting illusion. Rotating the image corrects it:
Mar 22 at 2:21pmWeb