In Upper Egypt, at Deir el-Medine near Luxor, the traces of a village of 68 houses are hidden in the hollow of a gorge, unseen from the road leading to the gates of the Valley of the Kings. Despite their appearance, these ruins are of exceptional importance. The objects that recall the lives of the Egyptians from the New Empire period over 3,000 years ago are scattered throughout the world. Today they are to be found at the Louvre museum, in Cairo, or at the Egyptian Museum in Turin. Everything has disappeared. But their spirit still remains alive, beneath the sand.