By Matthew Gordon
Awesome Homes in Ancient Egypt
Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………….. page 3 Egyptian Homes: Differences in Social Class………….. page 4 Similarities Between Egyptian Homes……………………. page 5 Modern Egyptian Homes……………………………………….. page 6 Conclusion……………………………………………………………… page 7 Glossary…………………………………………………………………. page 8 Bibliography…………………………………………………………… page 9
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Introduction Did you ever wonder about ancient Egyptian homes? What was different from a home built in ancient Egypt than now? Have you also wondered who would build the homes in ancient Egypt? How did they make bricks? Well, I will answer all of your questions and more.
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Egyptian Homes: Differences in Social Class Did rich ancient Egyptians have bigger homes than poor Egyptians? Egyptian homes had different features depending on the social class of the person. Social classes were, for example, rich, middleclass, and lower class. Those are the types of social classes. The poor people or peasants lived in huts with one room. This is an Egyptian villa.
Most of the middle class homes had three rooms and were one to
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two stories each. Rich people or the upper class lived in luxury homes called villas. A villa is a big house in Egypt. Some of the
villas had lime stone on the outside of the house. The lime stone would make it so the home would sparkle. Villas had 25-30 rooms each. The homes of the rich had living rooms, storage rooms, kids’ rooms, bedrooms, guest rooms, women’s rooms and more. All bedrooms of the rich had bathrooms in them. Some of the rich homes had pools filled with fish. These homes were very amazing and beautiful.
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Similarities Between Egyptian Homes In some ways all the homes of the poor, middle class and rich were alike. Middle class means not rich and not poor. It is just in the middle. The ancient Egyptians would build their own homes using mud from the Nile River. The rich people would not build their homes because the slaves would do it for them. The bricks were made of mud, straw and small pieces of stones. These were mixed together to form the brick. The Egyptians would put their mud in a mold and let it dry in the sun. Drying in the sun would make it hard and ready to use. This made the bricks stronger so they would not crumble. The homes in ancient Egypt were elevated 4 feet off the ground. This was because the scorpions as well as sand would come up into the houses. Making the house higher from the ground would stop anything from coming into the house. They used beams so homes were stronger. Beams were covered with linen which was cloth made from the flax plant. Beams were made of mud and small pieces of stone. The beams were used to give the ceilings structure. The walls in the rooms were painted with bright colors to look like natures scenes. This made it so the indoors were like outdoors.
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Modern Egyptian Homes How were the building styles different now than from long ago? Were the homes made of the same materials from then and now in Egypt? Modern homes are a little nicer, because they had thousands of years to improve the building style. They have a lot more technology to use in current homes. Today, homes in the city are made of steel and glass. In rural or suburban areas, the homes are made of mud and bricks just like they were in ancient Egypt. Some of the building styles never changed from so long ago. Some traditional people still live in goat skin tents today. Most people in the Egyptian city live in apartments made up of steel and glass.
This is a map of the big cities in Egypt. Those cities have apartments in them.
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This is an
This is a picture of Egypt today. You can see the big buildings.
Egyptian villa. Traditional Egyptian houses resemble this one, with all rooms opening.
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Conclusion
Now you are an expert on ancient Egyptian homes. You know the difference from a home built in ancient Egypt as well as what is used today. From then and now some homes use the same materials like mud and brick. Now, some homes use steel and glass. Some of the ways homes are built are still used today. So, even though there is new technology today, some of the techniques stayed the same. That is what is interesting about homes from ancient Egypt and today.
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Glossary Afterlife- If you were an Egyptian you would believe you would go to the afterlife when you died. Beams- The support of a home in ancient Egypt that is made of mud and small pieces of stone. Hut- Houses that poor people lived in in ancient Egypt. Linen- A type of fabric that they used in ancient Egypt. Lower class- Poor or peasants people in ancient Egypt. Middle class- People who were not rich or poor but in the middle. Papyrus- A kind of ancient Egyptian paper made out of leaves. Social class- How people were rated by how important they were especially their jobs. Villa- Houses for the rich people in ancient Egypt. By Matthew Gordon
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