I left a Sam Stone on one of the pathways used by tomb building workers 3500 years ago. These pathways were used by the workers when they crossed the hills from where they lived to where they worked creating the Pharaohs’ underground tombs in the . Apparently the workers lived in temporary accommodation (huts for living) in the Valley for eight days and then had two days off back home, a few miles away. Every few days, people would use these paths to bring the workers supplies of food and water. They left their tools in other huts near the tombs they were working on.

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