Since the nile river would flood every year it would wash away the mud huts.
Flat roofed houses ancient egypt.
The climate was usually mild and ideal for gatherings.
A great place to cook because if the family was poor they would have no other place outside to cook.
The flat roof house an ancient style turned modern the flat roof trend is very popular with modern and contemporary buildings but is actually ancient being characteristic to the egyptian persian and arabian architecture styles.
The farmhouse above has two floors.
The clay would be pressed down tight with a stone roller.
The ancient egyptian houses of the richest people were stronger because they could afford to build their home from stone.
A flat roof is almost level in contrast with the many types of sloped roofs.
In order to bear the weight of people the roof was supported by palm trunks.
The pyramids were made to hold royal tombs of their kings and had storage rooms courtyards secret passage ways and fancy traps.
Not only did this most likely make the construction process simpler but the flat roofs also offered a welcome respite from the burning egyptian sun.
They decided to start using the mud to create bricks which were stronger than just plain mud.
Ancient israelite house illustration of a house of a commoner in israel.
Homes with flat roofs egyptians developed sun dried mud bricks that could resist the flooding from the nile and rain for much longer than undried mud bricks.
This sketch of a village home in ancient israel.
Flat roofed homes.
Ancient egyptian houses early in egyptian history the people made huts for their houses out of mud and papyrus reeds a local plant.
They all lived happily on one hard mud floor 2 samuel 12 3 they would raise the family and sleeps through the night in this one room.
This illustration shows ancient homes with flat roofs.
Wealthy egyptians had spacious estates with comfortable houses.
The wooden beams straw mats and a clay top.
The commoners house contain only one room for the whole family.
And it was a great place for children.
Flat roofs were a great place to sleep when it got to hot.
Families often lounged ate and slept on the roofs of ancient egypt houses.
The roof usually had three layers.
The houses had high ceilings with pillars barred windows tiled floors painted walls and stair cases leading up to the flat roofs where one could overlook the estate.
Achievements and inventions of ancient egypt.
Almost all ancient egypt houses were constructed with a flat roof.
After flat roofs were invented people who had them would sometimes sit outisde on their roofs in the evening to watch the sunset and get fresh air.
Most houses had at least three rooms and all houses had flat roofs which formed part of the living area.
