The mystery of brick houses with many holes in the desert: Knowing the effect will surprise everyone!

In the endless desert, everywhere is arid land, extremely harsh. In the desert, groundwater is scarce, there is a lack of rainwater, so life seems to be difficult to develop. But on the desert slopes of the northern Sinai peninsula, Egypt appeared many strange brick houses.

Although they are all ruined, this is also evidence of human presence in these deserts. After researching, the researchers said that these houses were built with a very special purpose. Let's find out why they exist!

In the bare lands of the Sinai desert, there are many small brick houses that make many tourists wonder why they were built.

Lighthouse in the desert

According to scientists, these brick houses are the work of the Bedouin people. So what kind of people are the Bedouins? Why do they build brick houses in the desert and leave them empty?

Bedouin is the name of the tribes of Arabs who prefer a nomadic lifestyle in the desert. They often wander from place to place in the deserts of Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen and Egypt. This tribe has a history of living in the desert for thousands of years. The term Bedouin is an anglicized version of the Arabic word Bedu. It means "desert dweller" or "nomadic".

According to experts, those strange brick houses are "works" of the Bedouin people.

The Bedouins usually make a living by raising camels. They also frequently move seasonally and follow fixed routes. The Bedouin's nomadic distances are often up to 1,000 km at a time.

The Bedouins in Egypt lived mainly in the deserts of the Sinai Peninsula. Because the Bedouin peoples have inhabited the Sinai for centuries, some call it the "Bedouin desert".

Because of such a long journey and time, the Bedouins of Sinai devised a way to build many small brick houses along the roadside. Most of these houses have a rectangular body and a dome-shaped top. On the roof of the house and the body are carved many small holes. They are usually built more than 2m high and look quite old.

These houses are not big, there are many small holes on the body.

The number of these brick houses is not too much, they are scattered across the desert. If you look closely, you can see that the apartments have many differences. According to experts, this difference shows that the houses were built by different Bedouin groups.

What are these brick houses used for? According to the Bedouins, these brick houses were built for the purpose of showing the way. We can understand that they are the "lighthouses in the desert". Their function is like a lighthouse at sea.

They were built on top of the desert slopes with the function of guiding the lost to find their way through the fire lit inside.

Previously, when the satellite navigation system did not appear, ships traveling on large seas were easy to get lost, especially when there was a storm. But as long as there is a lighthouse, no matter how strong the wind is, under the guidance of the light in the lighthouse, ships can find their way back to the harbor. The desert is as vast as the sea, if not careful, people will get lost. Therefore, the Bedouins built these "desert lighthouses". As long as someone lights a fire inside, the lost person can follow the light to find a safe place.

Wandering in the desert

However, the desert is so vast and dangerous, why do the Bedouins choose to live a nomadic life here?

Currently, the number of Bedouins living in the world's deserts has reached 4.5 million. Syria is the most populous because more than 1,000,000 Bedouins live here. Despite such a large population, the Bedouins still choose to live in the desert because in part they want to keep their traditions.

The Bedouins are known as nomads who love to roam the deserts.

The original homeland of the Bedouins was Saudi Arabia. Then, in the 7th century, the Bedouins moved to many other places then settled in the desert areas and made this their home. In the past, the Bedouin tribe was very warlike, they often went to conquer new territories. By the end of the 7th century, the land of the Bedouins had extended from Persia to the Atlantic Ocean.

Bedouin houses are usually tents. They live far away from modern society, subsistence and alienated from settlements. The women would take care of the family and raise camels, goats and sheep. The men would hunt in the evening to escape the heat and during the day they would rest in tents. The Bedouins did farming, but they only did so when they found a place with a steady source of water.

For the Bedouins, the most important thing is freedom, they enjoy and get used to this unrestricted and constantly moving life. Because of this lifestyle, the Bedouins chose camels to transport goods across the desert. Even their tents are designed to be assembled and disassembled easily and quickly.

For the Bedouins, camels are very valuable animals. They call camels "Ata Allah" (gift of Allah) and they are very carefully taken care of like children. Because they are a means of transportation, providing milk, helping them earn money to buy clothes, food and food.