Since the beginning of the early civilization on the nile, Egypt started to produce objects carried a big touch of fine arts and continued to be developed from one period to another.
Mud bricks
Buildings houses was the main product to release and takes a shape of created design depended on the location from the Nile and how it should be strong enough to avoid the flood danger, so it was higher than the water level away little bit from the bank of the river usually built out of sun dried nile mud bricks which were easier to be made and carried than the stones using wooden mould to form the shape and the size of the bricks which have been used so far until now in many villages in Egypt.
These houses were painted usually in white and decorated with some other colors
Wooden’s works
Wooden’s have raised very early as this material was always found near to the Egyptians who lived in the nile valley and was easier to be used in their works than hard staff.
Knowing the metal such copper has helped a lot to form finer woodworks as they used axes to cut the trees and split its pieces plus the saws .
More than making house equipments out of wood ,they used to make interior coffins out of wood to bury the deceased then putting it in another stone made sarcophagus to guarantee more protection.
Other works
Stone objects
Been known from the mankind foundation but the early Egyptians people made a civilization out of the stones , the pyramids and the temples are a great witness for that, while some people were working in cutting and buildings hard stones ,there were others make fine hand made jars and vases to use them home or in temples or even to fill them with afterlife food and drinks inside the afterlife house (the tomb) .
Alabaster stone has taken a great reputation to make nice objects out of it with its green ,brown and white colors even this industry still running in the west bank of luxor as the main job for the Qurna village people.
Ivory made objects
has been used so early depended on hippopotamus bones and African elephants
Some objects like furniture pieces such as beds ,seats ,throne of the pharao were usually decorated with it .
As well cooking staff like handles of knives, spoons and others were discovered from early dynastic period .
Weaving.
One of the early hand made works that the ancient Egyptians has known .
It depended on the natural plants which grew upon the river banks while nile linen was a great discovery to make clothes out if it so they had made many fragments carried a high skill and been found in a good case in many tombs.
Also animal skin been used to made woven dresses such leopards, sheeps .
These and many other handmade works were so famous in ancient Egypt were reasons for building a great civilization with the men and the women cooperation .
Many of it still flourishing in cairo ,luxor and aswan
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