This story has survived through the ages thanks to the appropriately named Famine Stela, a inscription found on Sehel Island near the city of Aswan, once the main southern frontier of Egypt.

这个故事被流传了下来，这要归功于一个命名为“饥荒石碑”的碑文，它发现于阿斯旺市附近的萨赫勒岛，曾经是埃及南部的主要边境。