July 06, 2006

Ancient Measurements

Have you ever noticed that every single National Geographic show and Discovery Channel program dealing with ancient and/or lost civilizations has this statement in it:

"This extraordinarily ancient pyramid/temple/burial site, built by presumably scientifically primitive cultures in the farthest, most inhospitable swamps/deserts/mountains/jungles is the size of three/ten/fifteen football fields."

I find it amazing that ancient civilizations used the modern football field as a unit of measurement.

Posted by glenn at July 6, 2006 08:15 PM
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