Homes

    You may have thought that the pyramids were homes for the Ancient Egyptians.  Well, actually, they weren't (They were tombs. You can read about them on the Pyramid/Sphinx page). Their houses didn't look like the one you live in, either. Homes in Egypt were made of bricks (which were made of Nile mud). Peasants lived in simple homes with few pieces of furniture such as beds, stools, and a low table.
    Craft workers and artisans lived in one or two story houses with a flat roof. The walls and roof were covered with plaster and sometimes painted. They often had a small front yard where they kept pots and cooked in a mud-brick oven. On hot summer nights, the residents of the house often climbed onto the rooftop terrace and slept there, or ate there during the day.
    The wealthy's homes were even larger and grander, with spacious foyers and luxurious living and dining rooms, which opened up into a central courtyard with a pond and flowers. Each bedroom had its own bathroom and beautiful painted walls and pillars. They had elaborate furniture and beautiful bowls and jars (often made of alabaster or painted clay).
    The most incredible thing was the Egyptian palaces. They were often as large as a city, with homes for the king's gardeners, craftworkers and and cooks. There was also a temple and the palace itself, which had many pools and gardens and beautiful rooms with leopard-skin carpet.