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`Take up your Bed`. This Arab peasant pauses near the Damascus Gate to ask the price of a pair of shoes. He has bought a thin mattress stuffed with wool or cotton.

Bed
`Take up your Bed`. This Arab peasant pauses near the Damascus Gate to ask the price of a pair of shoes. He has bought a thin mattress stuffed with wool or cotton.. These, laid on the floor, were the beds of many native Palestinians. An early photograph.

When Nehemiah was building Jerusalem everyone assisted. The construction of an Arab village home is a labour for the community.

Building
When Nehemiah was building Jerusalem everyone assisted. The construction of an Arab village home is a labour for the community.. Women, passing by in the evening to the well, set down the weighty water-pots and helped by carrying up the squared stone blocks to the men on the wall. An early photograph.

A baby laid in a rock manger. Primitive houses were still found in Bethlehem in the last century.

Cave
A baby laid in a rock manger. Primitive houses were still found in Bethlehem in the last century.. They were built against the side of a hill with a stable. Mangers for donkeys and other domestic animals, driven indoors by bad weather, are scooped in a conveniently placed ledge of rock. An early photograph.

Roman style guest chamber at Tantur

Chamber
Roman style guest chamber at Tantur.

Wooden model of the house of an Egyptian farm-steward from the Twelfth Dynasty. 20th and 19th century BC.

Egyptian
Wooden model of the house of an Egyptian farm-steward from the Twelfth Dynasty. 20th and 19th century BC..

Rich Colouring of a Nobleman`s Hall in Tell-el-Amarna

Hall
Rich Colouring of a Nobleman`s Hall in Tell-el-Amarna .

Dwelling house with three floors in the Forum of Trajan, Rome. Cf. Acts 20:9.

Rome
Dwelling house with three floors in the Forum of Trajan, Rome. Cf. Acts 20:9..

The reconstruction of a town house in Ur.

Town
The reconstruction of a town house in Ur..

A primitive Judaean village home suggests the humble surroundings in which the Wise Men saw the Christ-Child. An early photograph.

Village
A primitive Judaean village home suggests the humble surroundings in which the Wise Men saw the Christ-Child. An early photograph..

A single-roomed mud hut constitutes the home of the peasant family. In such a mud cabin young domestic animals may also be housed in bad weather.

Hut
A single-roomed mud hut constitutes the home of the peasant family. In such a mud cabin young domestic animals may also be housed in bad weather.. The roof is formed of rafters and brushwood, covered with hard-beaten earth, boughs or palm branches. An early photograph.

Carved fragments from luxury homes in Samaria denounced by Amos (iii,15). We read of these `houses of ivory` in I.Kings xxii,39.

Luxury
Carved fragments from luxury homes in Samaria denounced by Amos (iii,15). We read of these `houses of ivory` in I.Kings xxii,39..

The house of the balcony and a typical street scene of Ancient Pompeii. Bottom: the excavated street in an early photograph. Top: The reconstructed scene.

Street
The house of the balcony and a typical street scene of Ancient Pompeii. Bottom: the excavated street in an early photograph. Top: The reconstructed scene..

The stairway pictured outside this house leads to the guest-room in an Arab village. Such a room is used as a kind of club where the men meet and entertain strangers or business acquaintances who may come to the village.

Guest-room
The stairway pictured outside this house leads to the guest-room in an Arab village. Such a room is used as a kind of club where the men meet and entertain strangers or business acquaintances who may come to the village.. An early photograph.

When upper rooms were added to the home a staircase was built outside. An early photograph.

Upper
When upper rooms were added to the home a staircase was built outside. An early photograph..

Vines trellised from house to house recall I Kings iv, 25, `Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine...` An early photograph.

Vines
Vines trellised from house to house recall I Kings iv, 25, `Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine...` An early photograph..

A typical village of the 1st century

Village
A typical village of the 1st century.
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Egyptian door hinges

Door
Egyptian door hinges.

Egyptian doorway

Door
Egyptian doorway.

Arab house

House
Arab house.

Common Egyptian house, but very similar throughout the ancient world.

House
Common Egyptian house, but very similar throughout the ancient world..

Courtyard in front of a large Egyptian house

House
Courtyard in front of a large Egyptian house.

Houses with more than one story, Assyrian

House
Houses with more than one story, Assyrian.

Assyrian

House
Assyrian.

Greek private house, excavated at Priene

House
Greek private house, excavated at Priene.

Egyptian keys

Keys
Egyptian keys.

Man with keys over his shoulder - cf Is.22.22

Keys
Man with keys over his shoulder - cf Is.22.22.

Large house in Jerusalem, of a rich man

Large
Large house in Jerusalem, of a rich man.

Large house, Egyptian

Large
Large house, Egyptian.

Large house with three stories, Egyptian

Large
Large house with three stories, Egyptian.

Egyptian lock and keys

Locks
Egyptian lock and keys.

Interior of a Persian house

Persian
Interior of a Persian house.

Roof terrace of a house, Egyptian, but very similar throughout the ancient world.

Roof
Roof terrace of a house, Egyptian, but very similar throughout the ancient world..

A house with a battlement or parapet

Roof
A house with a battlement or parapet.

Roofs of houses in Assyria

Roof
Roofs of houses in Assyria.

Roofs of houses

Roof
Roofs of houses.

Houses in Nazareth, showing outside staircase & men on roof

Roof
Houses in Nazareth, showing outside staircase & men on roof.

Upper room on a house

Upper
Upper room on a house.

Window lattice (Jud.5.28, 2K.1.2, Song 2.9, Prov.7.6, 1K.7.18 etc)

Window
Window lattice (Jud.5.28, 2K.1.2, Song 2.9, Prov.7.6, 1K.7.18 etc).

An eastern casement

Window
An eastern casement.