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The Egyptian House. 15 '• Eo-yptian houses were built of crude bricks made of loam mixed with chopped straw. These bricks were usually a foot long and six inches wide. The ceilings of the larger rooms were of indigenous or foreign wood ; the smaller rooms were often vaulted. Fig. i8. — Piece of furniture in the form of a house ; LouTe. " Doors and windows opened generally in the middle. They opened inwards, and were fastened by means of bolts and latches. Some of them had wooden locks like those which are still in use Fig. 19. — House from a Theban wall painting; from Wilkinson, i. p. 361. Fig. 20. — House with a tower, from a painting; Wilkinson, i. p. 361. in Egypt. Most of the inner doors were closed merely by hangings of some light material. For the decoration we must turn to the pictures in the rock-cut tombs. The walls of the houses were coated with stucco, and painted with religious and