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The common cubit was about 45 cm, making these 'giants' a bit under 6 feet tall. Even the royal cubit, which was as noted, works out to 82.8346456692 inches, 6' 10", a far cry from Goliath, and perhaps referencing some ancestors of African basketball players, even assuming they were standing around submitting to measurement, and not merely estimated by one of the pygmies in the employ of many of the pharaohs.🤏

23 posted on
02/01/2026 4:16:21 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
28 posted on
02/01/2026 5:09:30 PM PST by
waterhill
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