Ancients would have painted their houses—at least a whitewash-—maybe put good luck symbols to ward off evil spirits.
You reminded me of something.
Does anyone know/remember what a ‘bottle tree’ is?
I had never seen one, until we drove by a house a couple of months ago that had one - in Maryland! :-)
A lime based whitewash has antibiotic properties.
Who knew there was any question that the average man had a mud constructed house. It’s not like he had a thousand slaves to haul and carve stone.