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why were homes in ancient egypt all built out of the same materials and all the same styles?

similar roof design,same materials used

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  1. Probably because they wanted something that would work and wouldnt take so much time, ancient egyptians didnt like change, so if the materials and the design worked, they kept it.
  2. Available materials that were proven to work for what they needed. Why try something new, when this works fine the way it is.
  3. No Home Depots or Lowe's....they had nothing to go by as far as concept and design.
  4. Oh stop trying to mke something out of nothing! Unlimeited answers!
  5. i don't know
  6. Take a look in any current subdivision and you will see that not much has changed. We build to the current "style" and we build with the things that are commonly available. Here in Dallas, TX there are streets upon streets of 2 story brick homes. That's what's popular and the materials are easily found here.
  7. houses back then was only built to be a shelter where they can sleep
  8. Building materials were limited and what they used was easy, cheap and very effective. The style provided an area for the drying and storage of food and a place to sleep when the house was too hot. The old adage, "When something isn't broke, don't fix it" applies here.
  9. The most popular material for domestic dwellings was mudbrick as it was cheap, widely available, reasonably durably, and suitable for a variety of building projects. Wood was not a popular building material as the trees native to the Nile valley were not particularly useful for large building projects and larger beams had to be imported, thus making them more expensive. There does actually seem to have been a fair amount of variability in house plans in ancient Egypt as a function of location, age of the house, and economic status of whomever lived in the house. House plans were often altered at different points in the lifetime of the dwelling to accomodate different numbers of people living in the house or different functions for different parts of the house. There does seem to have been some fairly regular features of houses, such as interior courtyards, which provide handy outdoor work areas, flat roofs, which provide another work area or room, often used for sleeping in hot weather, fairly thick walls to keep out the heat, and clerestory windows, another method for keeping the interior cool while still allowing light in.