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The Royal Cubit Master - [www.ncsli.org]

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. Though the punishment prescribed was severe, the Egyptians had anticipated the sprit of the present day system of legal metrology, standards, traceability and calibration recall.

With this standardization and uniformity of length, the Egyptians achieved surprising accuracy. Thousands of workers were engaged in building the Great Pyramid of Giza. Through the use of cubit sticks, they achieved an accuracy of 0.05%. In roughly 756 feet or 9,069.4 inches, they were within 4 1/2 inches.




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