Homes in Egpyt

The Egyptians lived in houses made of bricks. The bricks were made of mud and chopped straw. They mixed the mud and straw and then poured the mixture into molds. The molds were placed in the sun to become into hard bricks.

Some of the tools used to make homes were the T-square which was used for measuring angles. They also had a mallet, which is a type of big hammer. They had the brick molds to make bricks. They had plumb lines which they used to make sure the houses were built straight and level.

The rich homes had about 10 rooms and the poor homes had one. A mixture of lime and water was used to whitewash the walls of the richer homes. Some of richest homes had painted walls. They were often blue or yellow with coloured ceilings. They had painted borders of ducks or lotus petals which is a type of flower. The poor had floors made of beaten earth. The floors of the rich were tiled. Some rich people had a room with an altar that was used for family worship of the friendlier gods.