The Jewish house is one of the styles of civil architecture in the city of Thula Architectural archaeological study

Abstract

Civil architecture, especially residential facilities, is the main product expressing the people, and represents the pillar in the establishment of the city, and the multiplicity of styles of its houses and their continuity. If the residential facilities are of such importance for civilized studies when they are maintained to be affected by their originality and the continuation of the old architectural style of the facilities as it is in the city of Thala, it would have been more useful to seek to study and preserve them because they reflect the images of the social life of the people, and by delving into the details of the facilities, and the diversity of house styles in the city of Thula between tower houses consisting of six floors on average, or Turkish houses consisting of four floors, and Jewish houses with a specific height not exceeding three floors, it will become clear One of the architectural indications of the house under study is the type of architectural style, and whether its construction was affected by special social factors related to the choice of its location, and by the detailed study of the architectural elements that make up the house, it will be seen to what extent the residential architecture style is affected by religious beliefs and whether the presence of some architectural elements has to do with rituals and religious beliefs. Through field visits and following the descriptive and analytical approach to the details of the architectural configuration of the house under study, which will give us evidence to understand the factors that affected its architectural composition and clarify an architectural style that existed since ancient times in the city and continued for centuries after the advent of Islam.