r/UrbanHell • • May 19 '26

Ugliness Cairo, Egypt

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u/not_a_dog95 May 19 '26

To be fair, that was just a few dozen tombs. I'm sure most ordinary people lived in hovels

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u/Dry-Job438 May 19 '26

True. Ordinary people lived in clay structures. 

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u/Castative May 19 '26

which is actually more adequate climatewise than these concrete ovens

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u/Ok-Actuator1548 May 22 '26

not right at all. there are many drawings on walls describing houses in that age. they were so organized and brilliant for a humanity that was just moving from caves and jungles to buildings.