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oldarchystudent · Post by **oldarchystudent** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:05 pm

We've been over this for pete's sake - change the record - it's getting really old. We were having some good conversations here.......

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:06 pm

It's there for the record, let's move on.

oldarchystudent · Post by **oldarchystudent** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:07 pm

Moving on I can agree on......

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:12 pm

Are there any ancient Egyptian records which treat the base of the GP as some kind of standard, or are there divisions or subdivisions of the GP dimensions expressed in any hieroglyphs?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:51 pm

Are there any ancient Egyptian wooden, copper, bronze, or gold, royal cubit (20.632") measuring rods? I would guess some would have been buried in the most ancient royal tombs.

oldarchystudent · Post by **oldarchystudent** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:57 pm

Genesis Veracity wrote:Are there any ancient Egyptian wooden, copper, bronze, or gold, royal cubit (20.632") measuring rods? I would guess some would have been buried in the most ancient royal tombs.

Some information and artifacts here http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/measures.htm

It's a touring site - so not exactly scholarly.

oldarchystudent · Post by **oldarchystudent** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:01 pm

better - a digital reference page for universities. http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/weights/lenght.html

oldarchystudent · Post by **oldarchystudent** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:03 pm

http://www.ncsli.org/misc/cubit.cfm

Now this is interesting because of this quote:

The "Royal Egyptian Cubit" was decreed to be equal to the length of the forearm from the bent elbow to the tip of the extended middle finger plus the width of the palm of the hand of the Pharaoh or King ruling at that time

If so there was no standardized measurement from one king's rule to the next.

Starflower · Post by **Starflower** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:26 pm

Very good links about measurement, I especially liked the last one.

The "Royal Cubit Master" was carved out of a block of granite to endure for all times. Workers engaged in building tombs, temples, pyramids, etc. were supplied with cubits made of wood or granite. The Royal Architect or Foreman of the construction site was responsible for maintaining & transferring the unit of length to workers instruments. They were required to bring back their cubit sticks at each full moon to be compared to the Royal Cubit Master.

Failure to do so was punishable by death.

Now there's some incentive to follow protocol.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:26 pm

Oh really Oas, so there were forty, or fifty, or a hundred, standards for the length of the royal cubit? You should write a book about that!

oldarchystudent · Post by **oldarchystudent** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:28 pm

Just quoting a source. Can you disprove? I was trying to help you with your question.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:29 pm

So Starflower, Oas would have us believe that they cut new granite standards and copper standards whenever a new pharoah came along, so what did they do with the old ones, shouldn't they be in the graves, Oas, can you help us on this?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:31 pm

Oh, Oas, you forgot, you endorsed my article #2 in finding no fault in the analysis of how the length of the royal cubit was determined, did you forget already? Back to the brain food.

oldarchystudent · Post by **oldarchystudent** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:32 pm

Oh wait a minute - this would throw your whole measurement thing in the dustbin wouldn't it? Now I understand the scramble. I was just trying to help GV. Have fun with it.

oldarchystudent · Post by **oldarchystudent** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:33 pm

Genesis Veracity wrote:Oh, Oas, you forgot, you endorsed my article #2 in finding no fault in the analysis of how the length of the royal cubit was determined, did you forget already? Back to the brain food.

I endorse nothing of yours - please do not include me in any further lies.