These shrines were made of perishable materials such as wood, reed matting, and mudbrick.

Three of the bodies were found with coverings of different types (reed matting, palm fibre and an animal skin), which still remain with the bodies.

The "Casino" was a primitive tea-house with an earthen floor and a roof of reed matting.

The sails were covered in reed matting or cloth.

The walls were covered by reed matting, and a noxious-smelling caldron bubbled in the fireplace.

Through a doorway he caught a glimpse of the long succession of tiny, brightly-lit rooms, and the men seated everywhere on the reed matting that covered the floors.

These "Panemone windmills" were horizontal windmills, which had long vertical driveshafts with six to twelve rectangular sails covered in reed matting or cloth.

Made of six to twelve sails covered in reed matting or cloth material, these windmills were used to grind corn and draw up water, and were used in the gristmilling and sugarcane industries.

Egyptian reed matting is used on the floor as a form of insulation.

Made of six to 12 sails covered in reed matting or cloth material, these windmills were used to grind grain or draw up water, and were quite different from the later European vertical windmills.