#artifactaesthetic

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Model of a cowshed

Lightweight structures made of wood and ats were typical of everyday architecture in Ancient Egypt. Designed to provide shade for a herd of cows, the roof of the shelter rests on lightweight supports made out of bundles of plant stems. Early Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XI, c. 2000 B.C.; wood, stuccoed and painted

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Model of a House

Although the mud-brick houses in the villages and towns have long since disintegrated, they are not entirely lost to our view. Models made of burnt clay bricks were placed in tombs and they now show us what these structures looked like and how they were built.

Early Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XI, c. 2000 B.C.; burnt clay bricks; Cairo, Egyptian Museum