Permanent Residences
Like any college town, most of the residents in the pyramid cities were transitory. They would put in their time, then move on. Although some of the workers were full time, permanent staff and those who worked in the temples. They lived in the city, establishing homes and raising families within the Wall of the Crow. The houses for these residents used permanent, stable materials to build their homes.
Archaeological evidence shows mud brick was used to build the permanent housing, Old Kingdom mud brick buildings were uncovered at the Giza site by George Reisner in the early 1900s. Among the workers dwellings were homes of year-round support staff. There were bakeries, butchers, produce shops, workshops, supply shops, clothing shops, storage facilities, all the things a city needs to function.
