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IIRC, the inch used to build the Great Pyramid is one millionth of the distance from the north pole to the plane of the equator. Just a hair longer than the British inch.

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IIRC, the inch used to build the Great Pyramid is one millionth of the distance from the north pole to the plane of the equator. Just a hair longer than the British inch.

That sounds fishy to me. It implies a very precise measure of the size of the earth being available in the very ancient world, something which we have no evidence of (that I'm aware of).