building_material

sun-dried bricks

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Properties

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0
description
A durable building material used by ancient Egyptians, created by drying mud or other materials in the sun, sometimes without straw, and capable of lasting for millennia.
drying_method
sun-dried
durability
solid for four thousand years

Relationships

  • sometimes_requireStraw (material)
    description
    Sun-dried bricks made from Nile mud and similar materials often required straw to prevent them from cracking during the drying process.
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    where the bricks were made out of the Nile mud and similar material, they needed straw to prevent their cracking
  • are_made_fromNile mud
    description
    Bricks used by ancient Egyptians were often manufactured from Nile mud, a material that frequently necessitated the addition of straw.
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    where the bricks were made out of the Nile mud and similar material, they needed straw
  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-01T21:03:31.119Z
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