# Forgotten flint tools reveal how Egypt's farmers organized work before the pharaohs

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- Published: 2026-11-03T15:20:12+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-forgotten-flint-tools-reveal-egypt.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/forgotten-flint-tools-reveal-how-egypt-s-farmers-organized-work-before-c8179f/

More than a century after they were excavated from beneath Cairo, almost 3,000 stone tools from Heliopolis show that specialized work was already reshaping village life before Egypt became a state.

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