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What are 'shabti' and why were they buried in tombs? (pt 3/5)
Jamie Theakston visits the reconstruction of a noble's house, and people re-enact how nobles would have lived at the time. Jamie notices there is no 'shabti' in the house and wonders if they were the property of the working class instead. He sets out for the workers' village of Deir El-Medina to find out.
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