Like an Egyptian

For this post I'll talk about how the ancient Egyptians planned some of their cities. Of course, living in a desert, the cities were all built next to the nearest body of water, which most of the time, was the Nile River. They didn't have aqueduct systems like the Romans so it was very important to live close enough so that they didn't have to travel far for their water supply. Their city structure was grid-like with the temples dispersed throughout the city. The grid layout made moving goods throughout the city easy and efficient. As the temples were so important to daily life for the Egyptians, they were built around them. Here's a picture of an excavated site.



Vincent Louis