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On what measure are the squares in the Egyptian grid system based

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The correct answer is one clenched fist. The size of a fist would be used as a unit of measure, which was common at that time where people also used elbows and thumbs for size. Foot comes from old times and is still used today, just like stones. These are archaic sizes before the metric system.
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