By Faye Mayern

An exhibition has revealed Ancient Egyptian sick notes and work invoices - including one man who stayed home because he'd been bitten.

The ' Made in Ancient Egypt ' presentation at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge shows how these living in ancient times are not so different to us.

One ostracon - a piece of pottery used for writing - details a list of absences and days when no one worked in the Valley of the Kings in Ancient Thebes.

The artifact, dating back to between 1550 and 1069 BCE , reveals how, in one month, the whole workforce attended the funeral of a woman.

A worker named Panebu was absent on day 12 because he had been bitten - although it does not say what bit him.

Another inscription of terracotta clay from 1295 to 1186 BCE records an order from a m

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