The large structures (including pyramids) constructed during the time of Israelite servitude in Egypt were made of mud brick, and in the case of those pyramids, were built in the Fayyum. Mud bricks do use straw.
81 posted on 12/01/2006 9:11:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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