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6 days ago · In the southern Sahel and savannah regions mud-brick and rammed earth are the main material and is now associated with the most monumental examples of West African Islamic architecture. In some places, like Timbuktu and Oualata , both building materials are used together, with stone constructions either covered or bound with a mud plaster.
Apr 16, 2024 · Kom el-Sultan (Arabic for ‘King’s Hill’) is the location of a mud-brick walled settlement that the ancient Egyptians called Abdju (‘Abydos’ in Greek), and where the Great Temple of Osiris once stood. It is also the location of several small New Kingdom stone monuments, and was considered the starting point of an important, possibly ...
May 4, 2024 · 1. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Egyptian fortified royal retreat. The mud-brick rest house was uncovered at the archaeological site of Tel Hebwa in the north of the...
4 days ago · Painted on the walls of the Theban tomb of Rakhmire (mid-15th century B.C.E.), who was the Egyptian vizier (or prime minister), these realistic scenes depict slaves manufacturing mudbricks. Included are all stages of brick making (bottom, left to right): fetching of water, kneading of clay, and carrying of moistened clay to brick makers.
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3 days ago · Jericho is a plain surrounded by a kind of mountainous country, which in a way, slopes toward it like a theatre. Here is the Phoenicon, which is mixed also with all kinds of cultivated and fruitful trees, though it consists mostly of palm trees. It is 100 stadia in length and is everywhere watered with streams.
- −258 m (−846 ft)
- 58,701 dunams (58.701 km² or 22.665 sq mi)
- 9600 BCE
- State of Palestine
Apr 27, 2024 · Prominent examples of mud architecture include the Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali, the largest mud brick building in the world. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is an excellent example of Sahelian mud architecture, characterized by its impressive size and intricate design features like wooden toron spikes, which serve both as decoration and as ...
Apr 26, 2024 · The modern city is located immediately to the south of the site of the ancient citadel (arg) Arg-e Bam, once one of the world’s largest mud-brick complexes. Located on a hilltop, the citadel consisted of a series of three concentric walls made of mud brick and palm timbers, the outer wall of which enclosed the old city.
