In Egyptian history they made huts out of mud and papyrus reeds (a local plant). Since the river Nile flooded every year and washed away the huts they decided to make the mud into mud bricks than just mud that would get washed away every year.The mud bricks were made by mixing mud with straw, placed in a form and left to dry in the sun When they stacked the bricks up it made stronger walls and stronger houses.They also learned to build the houses to let the outside air get in to the houses.
Poor people used to only have one layer of mud bricks, but the wealthier people had two layers of mud brick. Mud bricks were cheap to make, but they found out that in a few years they would start to crumble.The very rich people mostly had three rooms that all had flat roofs.The stone gateways were most common for rich and poor houses and they had the ability to lock from the inside. Archeologists have found ancient keys that dated back to 1550 BC. Poor people used to have gate ways made out of limestone.
As the ancient civilization developed, they began to build houses with two floors. The second floor is where they lived and the bottom floor was for crop storage.They created reed canopies to give them shade from the hot Egyptian sun and even had small windows for the upper rooms. All windows and doors had reed covering to keep the flies, dust and heat out.
Great blog Noodles 🙂 I enjoyed reading reading about Egyptian houses.
That’s a really interesting post. You’ve done some good research for your article. Thanks.
I didn’t know any of that, thank you for sharing it 🙂
What a fabulous piece you’ve written about how the ancient Egyptians built their houses! What’s next?
Ancient Egypt Clothes
I will look forward to that 🙂
Really informative. I had no idea keys were around for such a long time, or canopies for that matter!
I enjoyed reading this very, very much. Thank you.
You can still see houses just like you describe along the nile. Great blog.
That was very interesting to read. I learnt a lot!
Really interesting. Amazing stuff mud. I’m glad there was a good use for it seeing as they got so much of it each year. I wonder if they made anything useful out of all the sand?!
Great stuff – I learnt something :). Good work. I’m sure my daughter will be interested in your blog so I’ll let her know.
Really interesting, Noah. I enjoyed reading it, thanks very much.
I enjoyed reading about Egyptian homes, I didn’t realise they used limestone! I often wonder how they moved such heavy materials without our modern machines. Thanks for sharing 🙂