Architecture for the Poor: An Experiment in Rural Egypt
Abstract
If you were given a million pounds, what would you do with them? A question they were always asking us when we were young, one that would start our imagination roaming and set us daydreaming. I had two possible answers: one, to buy a yacht, hire an orchestra, and sail round the world with my friends listening to Bach, Schumann, and Brahms; the other, to build a village where the fellaheen would follow the way of life that I would like them to.
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The area of Thebes is characterized by high groundwater levels in the Nile Valley, facilitating irrigation throughout the year, even in ancient times, to sustain horticulture and Ficus sycomorus trees.
“The area of Thebes, from where the shabtis we investigated originate, is characterized by high groundwater levels in the Nile Valley [178,179], facilitating irrigation throughout the year, even in ancient times, to sustain horticulture and the presence of Ficus sycomorus trees.”
From The Minoan Thera eruption predates Pharaoh Ahmose: Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian 17th to early 18th Dynasty museum objects (2025) · cites this paper as [179]
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Bruins, H. J., & van der Plicht, J. (2025) · PLOS One · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330702 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
“The area of Thebes, from where the shabtis we investigated originate, is characterized by high groundwater levels in the Nile Valley [178,179], facilitating irrigation throughout the year, even in ancient times, to sustain horticulture and the presence of Ficus sycomorus trees.”
- Authors
- Fathy, H.
- Corresponding author
- Fathy, Hassan
- Venue
- University of Chicago Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1973
- OpenAlex
- W206316554
- Cited by
- 241
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 5.59
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of Chicago Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Architecture and Cultural Influences
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Architecture › Architecture, Modernity, and Design
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Conservation › Architectural and Urban Studies
- Keywords
- rural housing, village design, vernacular architecture, social housing
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