Explore the historic units once used to quantify length, volume, and weight across ancient cultures with this crossword.
Timeless Measures: Ancient Units Revealed
Explore the fascinating world of ancient measurement units used by civilizations throughout history in this crossword puzzle.
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- 2. An ancient Egyptian unit based on the forearm length
- 3. Unit of distance commonly used in antiquity and medieval times
- 4. Roman and medieval measure of distance, approx. 220 yards
- 7. Ancient Greek unit of weight and currency
- 9. A surveyor's measure equal to 16.5 feet
- 10. Ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency
- 11. Obscure medieval unit of weight
- 13. Ottoman and Middle Eastern unit of weight
- 16. Ancient Greek weight unit often for gold
- 17. Mesopotamian unit of weight and money
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- 1. Very small unit for amounts, common in ancient recipes
- 5. Roman unit of volume equal to about half a liter
- 6. Nautical unit for measuring depth, once standardized in ancient times
- 8. Roman land area measure roughly 0.25 hectares
- 12. Old measure used for horses' height
- 14. Italian Renaissance length based on the arm
- 15. Russian unit of length based on an arm span
- 18. Smallest unit of weight in ancient systems
- 19. Distance between thumb and little finger extended
- 20. A typographic unit used historically for printing
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