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Egyptian Brick |
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The ancient Egyptian bricks were made of clay moistened with water and put into molds. | |
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Brick Stamped With Royal Ovals |
Brick stamped with royal ovals; from Prisse. | |
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Unbaked Brick |
Unbaked brick made of Nile mud and chopped straw with the prenomen of Rameses II, king of Egypt, Usr-maat-Ra, setep-en-Ra. About B.C. 1330. | |
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Egyptian Brick |
Illustration of an Egyptian brick of sun dried clay and straw, stamped with the prenomen of Thothmes III, from the eighteenth dynasty. |