Sirfiroth Wrote:
> 11 / (7/2) and 7 / (11/2) digits, cubits seems a
> little more complicated than 22 digits/7 digits
> and 14 digits/11 digits, so are you saying is the
> AE were incapable of thinking beyond what was
> written on the papyrus?

Not even remotely. We have very little documentation what their conceptual limits actually were. But I AM saying the papyrus is darn good evidence of how they approached problems needing solutions.

imho they addressed real time problems needing as simple a solution as provably worked.
After all, it probably wasn't a good career move to screw up Pharaoh's afterlife!

Jammer