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Timeless Measures of Ancient Civilizations
A crossword puzzle exploring diverse measurement units used by ancient cultures across history.
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- 2. Ancient Indian unit of weight used in trade
- 3. Roman unit of weight related to the ounce
- 4. Traditional Indian distance unit about 2 miles
- 6. Small length measure from the palm width
- 7. Roman unit of area corresponding to a field
- 10. Distance roughly equivalent to three miles
- 11. Small ancient measurement based on finger width
- 13. Ancient South Asian unit of liquid volume
- 14. Greek unit roughly equivalent to 600 feet
- 18. Printed page measure from ancient typographers
- 20. Length unit also called a pole or perch
Down
- 1. Unit used to measure height of horses historically
- 5. Nautical unit used in some Mediterranean cultures
- 8. Length measure originally based on an oxen furrow
- 9. Obscure historical unit of medical liquid measure
- 12. Ancient Egyptian unit based on the forearm length
- 15. Ancient weight unit used for precious metals
- 16. Ancient Egyptian dry volume measure
- 17. Distance between thumb and little finger extended
- 19. Indian volume unit often used for grains
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