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around small courtyards, built with uniform bricks and bitumen mortar. These early urban homes often clustered along straight streets and shared common wells and ovens. In Ancient Egypt, from the Old Kingdom (c. 2686-2181 BC) onwards, town layouts at Amarna and Deir el-Medina display mudbrick houses with flat roofs built in dense rows off narrow lanes; typical houses comprised a reception room, private chambers, and a small

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