Figure 1
Slaves (probably Israelites) manufacture and transport bricks in Egypt. Mural from the private tomb (Theban Tomb 100; TT100) of vizier (during the reigns of Thutmosis III and Amenhotep II, 18th Egyptian Dynasty) Rekhmire on the West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes). At the left, water is being town to moisten the clay. Next clay is kneaded and then (center) carried to two men who are making bricks into molds. Finally, the bricks are put out to dry. In the lower panel, the temple is being built of the new bricks.
Figure 1a
Detail of Figure 1.