Oriental Institute Ancient Egypt (Egypt and Sudan) Projects Įgyptian Antiquities at the Louvre in Paris /en/departments/egyptian-antiquities ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt īritish Museum: Ancient Egypt .uk Įgypt’s Golden Empire pbs.org/empires/egypt Artifacts used extensively to illustrate topics. Scholarly treatment with broad coverage and cross references (internal and external). Websites on Ancient Egypt: UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt Discovering Egypt īBC History: Egyptians bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians Īncient History Encyclopedia on Egypt /egypt ĭigital Egypt for Universities. Termites are believed to have been a problem in homes with wood.Ĭategories with related articles in this website: Ancient Egyptian History (32 articles) Īncient Egyptian Religion (24 articles) Īncient Egyptian Life and Culture (36 articles) Īncient Egyptian Government, Infrastructure and Economics (24 articles) some homes of Egyptian aristocrats were outfit with copper pipes that carried hot and cold water. Some houses had massive granaries capable of storing enough grain to last a family for years. The mosquitos, which, if her rolls himself up in his dress or in a piece of muslim, are sure to bite through the covering, do not so much as attempt to pass the net.' By day it serves to catch fish, while at night he spreads it over the bed, and creeping in, goes to sleep underneath. Describing the netting, Herodotus: 'In the marshy country, where there are no towers, each man possess a net. The best-made palaces had thick walls, which were cooler in hot weather, and raised platforms for the beds.īecause mosquitos were such a nuisance, many Egyptian beds had canopies with curtains or mosquito netting. Others had courtyards and gardens.Įgyptian palaces featured master bedrooms, with draped four-post bed,s surrounded by narrow 'apartments' for wives and children, each with smaller beds. square holes in the mud brick walls that were covered by woven reed mats that kept heat, sunlight and dust out.

Models of homes Egyptian homes tended to have small windows.

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