Visit a Naqadian house

The reconstruction proposed here concerns an intermediate stage of this development (the best documented), where two buildings, each with three to four rooms, face each other on either side of a courtyard. Only the south building opened onto the courtyard. Access was via a corridor to the north, and a second entrance to the south was probably used for a time.

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This reconstruction is based on all the data recorded during the excavation (wall thickness, wall connection systems, openings), which ultimately allows us to appreciate the morphology of the buildings. The function of the various domestic spaces is evoked through certain furniture, such as the ovens that were particularly numerous in certain rooms.

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However, as only the base of the walls has been preserved, uncertainties inevitably remain. Particularly the shape of the roofs is open to debate, flat or with terraces where some of the activities took place? We have decided to present both possibilities.

On the other hand, the image of open spaces around the buildings is here only linked to the progress of the excavation. We need to imagine these buildings as part of a built up area whose extent and organisation still needs to be investigated further.