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The emergence and development of architecture on the casemate foundation platforms in the Nile Delta
Foundation platforms with casemate construction appeared in Egypt in the middle
of the second millennium BC, but the most complete development of them is related to
the first millennium BC. At this time, casemate technique became widespread and extremely
influential in the urban landscape. Given the area where most casemate platforms have been
identified, the diversity of structures which were erected on such foundation or the range of
chronology of these layouts, the complexity of the discussed issue should be mentioned here.
This highlights the necessity of recognizing why this form of foundation came into being and
how it developed. The factors which are to be included in this analysis are: construction quality
of casemate platforms, natural conditions and political circumstances in which they could
be raised and, moreover, religious beliefs or social and demographic changes. This multifaceted
subject allows us to realize how complex cultural phenomenon Egyptian civilization was
and what information could be obtained thanks to an analysis of its urban architecture.