 Mons Claudianus was linked to the river Nile by a traceable surviving Roman road marked by way-stations spaced out at one day intervals.The stones from the quarries, which were shaped in the desert, were then taken along the road to the Nile Valley for trans-shipment to Rome.Documents that were found on site referred to 12-wheeled and 4-wheeled carts, and include a request for delivery of new axles.