Temples have been found to be of religious importance to Ancient Egyptians. The location of temples gives insight on how a town or city was planned and constructed. This in turn, then signifies what buildings and residential areas society thought were most important to be close to the temple (FOOTNOTE TEMPLE ARTICLE). For example, in Amarna the people erected a central temple followed by several sectors of palaces, domestic housing, office administrative buildings, and ramps. This implies that a centralized form of government existed, as well as social stratification. A higher power had to have organized the planning and building, while people with less power executed the plan. However, no more knowledge can be excavated because Amarna suffered a large loss of river frontage due to flooding of the Nile. The floods limit knowledge about Ancient Egyptians since floods destroyed direct evidence. Seasonal flooding forced Egyptians to constantly rebuild. Consequently, due to rebuilding, no direct evidence of these settlements exists in these areas. Amarna was lucky since only a portion was
Temples have been found to be of religious importance to Ancient Egyptians. The location of temples gives insight on how a town or city was planned and constructed. This in turn, then signifies what buildings and residential areas society thought were most important to be close to the temple (FOOTNOTE TEMPLE ARTICLE). For example, in Amarna the people erected a central temple followed by several sectors of palaces, domestic housing, office administrative buildings, and ramps. This implies that a centralized form of government existed, as well as social stratification. A higher power had to have organized the planning and building, while people with less power executed the plan. However, no more knowledge can be excavated because Amarna suffered a large loss of river frontage due to flooding of the Nile. The floods limit knowledge about Ancient Egyptians since floods destroyed direct evidence. Seasonal flooding forced Egyptians to constantly rebuild. Consequently, due to rebuilding, no direct evidence of these settlements exists in these areas. Amarna was lucky since only a portion was