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The ancient Egyptian royal cubit (meh neswt) was the standard
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linear measure in Egypt and was based on the forearm length
from the middle finger tip to the elbow bottom. Several cubit rods
have survived. Fourteen rods were described and compared by the
Portfolio German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius in 1865. These cubit rods
range from 52.35 to 52.92 centimetres in length, and are divided into
seven palms and of which each palm is divided into four fingers (a
Concepts total of 28 fingerbreadths or digits). The fingers are further
subdivided. The cubit in general use measured approximately 52.3
centimetres. The exact length of the royal cubit is encoded in the
Blog King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The exact value
follows from the right-angled triangle with angles of 30, 60 and 90
degrees (3 – 6 – 9).
Cubit rod of Maya, the overseer of the treasuries during the reign
of Tutankhamen (18th dynasty)
A 30-60-90 right triangle is a special type of right triangle where
the three angles measure 30 degrees, 60 degrees, and 90 degrees.
The triangle is significant because the sides exist in an easy-to-
remember ratio: x : x√3 : 2x. That is to say, the hypotenuse is twice
as long as the shorter leg, and the longer leg is the square root of 3
times the shorter leg. The exact length of the royal cubit is equal to
the 30-degree angle in radians being 0.5236 or π/6 metres. The
60-degree angle is π/3 radians or 1.0472; the year of completion
of the Giza complex according to the book of Willem Witteveen is
10,472 B.C.E. The exact age and origin of the royal cubit is not
documented but its use is also known from Old Kingdom
architecture around 2700 B.C.E.
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