Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
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> >But, as I understand it, the Eye of Horus
> symbolizes fractions, not units of length.
>
> Say that again? Who says 1/64 can't be a part of a
> length?

No one said that! But ... who said that the Eye of Horus was anything to do with units of length?

>
>
> >Now, if there were units measuring 25.4 mm
> marked on the Nilometer, for example, I would
> >accept this as evidence that the AE did indeed
> have a unit equivalent to the British Imperial
> >inch (as, I'm sure, would everyone else ... in
> which case we wouldn't be having this
> >conversation). But, AFAIK, this isn't the case
> ... !
>
> Yes, isn't that true. On all fronts. However, why
> do you expect the ancient Egyptians present their
> conception in a similar way to ours?

In the case of the Nilometer, at any rate, that's what they did ... so why did it never seem to happen with the inch?


They
> understood the universe around them not so
> differentky from us, but their way of describing
> it i.e. putting it to words and images is nothing
> comparable. We know about fractions through
> numbers and decimals. They did not, they presented
> in differently, with hieroglyphs. And those glyphs
> were taken directly from a symbol present in a
> mythological tale, where Thoth (the great measurer
> and writer) was directly involved in it's birth.

Fractions. Not units of length ...




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