Nearly all Egyptians live on the 4 percent of land closest to the Nile’s shores
The roads in ancient Egypt were little more than paths. To get around on land, people walked, rode donkeys or travelled by wagon. They carried goods on their head, but the donkeys and wagons hauled heavier loads.Camels were almost unknown in Egypt until the end of the pharaonic period.
The Egyptians had to use whatever they had around and that included mud and reeds. Since the Nile River floods lasted three months out of the year, their housing construction often suffered.
Later started using the mud to create bricks, which were stronger than just plain mud. The bricks were created by mixing up mud with straw, placed in a form and then they left them in the sun to bake and dry
As the Egyptian civilization developed, they began to build houses with two floors. Usually the top floor was where they lived and the bottom floor was used for crop storage
Most families had low stools and the very poor just sat on the floor. The homes of the wealthy had beds and even mattresses, but the poor people had to be satisfied with sleeping on straw mattresses or possibly a floor rug
The ancient Egyptians later learned to build their houses using a system of ‘vents’ to allow the hot air to escape and keep the inside of the homes cooler