John,

I deposited a Sam Stone in the Western Desert, at Masseteb Qila’al-Dab’a – ust putside Balat in the Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt.

This is a Mastaba, which is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides where early kings were buried before the Pyramids and the underground tombs in the Valley of the Kings.  Mastabas were usually constructed out of mud-bricks and were used for burial of nobles long after kings were buried in pyramids.

The mastaba is located at 25 33 23 N, 29 16 48E

Hugh Varilly
Director, Varilly Associates Limited
RAEng Visiting Professor, UCL
Phone: +44 7967 275955
email: Hugh_Varilly@live.co.uk