Sirfiroth Wrote:
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> My 20+ years of research
> indicates the statute mile of 5280 feet has its
> origin in the antediluvian Indus Valley, as did
> the yard, foot and inch, long before the Egypt
> came into existence,

No standardized measures were used anywhere in the Indus civilization, so it's difficult to know where you could find such evidence.

> the statute mile is however,
> incorporated into G1 and Dashur North Pyramids
> being they demonstrate integral parts of a
> antediluvian world wide grid and mathematics
> system! It is not so amazing that the AE were
> aware of the statute mile and incorporated it to
> their structures, the really amazing thing is that
> some 5000 years later in spite of everyone's best
> effort to change (Metric system), we are still
> using the antediluvian system of measures. I would
> be interesting in knowing what steps were taken by
> the originators to insure the survival of this
> system that was adopted by the British in 1592 and
> redefined and again adopted in 1824 by a Weights
> and Measures Act, and by whom?
>
> You Sir, not having conducted any research
> demonstrate your lack of any real knowledge in
> this area.

Someone of a circumspect disposition might want to be cautious about making an observation of this nature, lest they be hoist with their own petard.

> Quoting Wikipedia as a source for
> verification for the origin of the mile is
> hilarious,

Given the restrictions on space in Wikipedia, it gives a perfectly adequate description of the mile. Far more detail on what is an extremely complex subject is available elsewhere. (see, for instance, this post).


> but hey, if it is all you know, it is
> all you know! You probably still believe the
> nonsense about the digit of the cubit being from
> the finger of the Pharaoh, and the cubit being the
> length of his forearm, because that is also in
> Wikipedia!

The lengths of monarchs' arms, legs, feet, etc., were frequently associated with various units of measure, although it's doubtful if the unique body-parts in question actually measured the precise lengths attributed to them by these traditions. More probably, the traditions were indications of a general awareness of the existence of a recognized standard or standards.

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