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This is not solely something that Egyptians did. Many cultures have done this and many still do. It allows the weight of whatever is in the pot to be supported by the carrier's entire body, making it less likely that a person's arms might give out.

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well... a lot of Egyptology's say they made them to store food and stuff like that and other ones say that clay pots helped the Egyptians trade things with other Egyptians.

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They made them from clay which was plentiful in the Nile valley

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