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Dark and hard, “granitic” stone weathered from a vein in the surroundings of site 9 at Wadi el-Hudi. Such small boulders and blocks were collected and used as hammerstones. Photo by Per Storemyr

Dark and hard, “granitic” stone weathered from a vein in the surroundings of site 9 at Wadi el-Hudi. Such small boulders and blocks were collected and used as hammerstones. Photo by Per Storemyr

Dark and hard, “granitic” stone weathered from a vein in the surroundings of site 9 at Wadi el-Hudi. Such small boulders and blocks were collected and used as hammerstones. Photo by Per Storemyr

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