Exactly! 5'9" doesn't sound right but it is. In modern society we are used to ceilings being 8' or higher in our houses. But for most of history, people have generally had ceilings a little crowded in their houses. We just aren't used to that and so therefore feel cramped and think "Wow, they must have been short!"
Their armor is tiny.
Perhaps they just liked it tight.
46 posted on 09/01/2004 12:51:50 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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