fmetrol Wrote:
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> There are those who claim an Egyptian inch. It's
> generally met with some astonishment and disbelief
> which is perfectly understandable but I guarantee
> if you measure any batch of Egyptian artefacts you
> will always find something that is sympathetic to
> the foot rule.
...or the metric rule or nautical leagues or atomic units or Hong Kong's "fan" unit or the wavelength of various light colors. And you can compute ratios and proportions with them and come up with a standard ratio or proportion in any system.
However, this doesn't imply that it had any significance to the Egyptians. Our "stories" in multistoried buildings are generally 10 feet tall... but 10 doesn't have any specific special cultural meaning to us.