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The Egyptian Pyramids

You're Dead to Me

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What Is a Cubit?

The accuracy of their mathematics and of their measuring is fascinating, how good they were. They had a system for measuring that's a bit different to our system - do you know what a cubit is yet? So it's about 18 inches, plus or minus about half a metre. It is finger tip to elbow for a fully adult human parao. But, i mean, the paraohs were short. They ereallyk three feet tall, weren't they? Lid? Judging by the length of their graves, you're thinking, o ong, bit something. He so, all right, we've learned about the skills. They've got the technology, the lifting,

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