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Beneath a giant tomb lay at least 30,000 stone vessels.
Unrobbed galleries under Djoser's Step Pyramid held at least 30,000 stone vessels, weighing about 90 tonnes in all. Their craftsmanship shows that Egyptian stoneworking reached extraordinary precision even before the age of giant pyramids.
A mountain of small objects lay beneath a monument.
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