Ancient Egyptian units of measurement attested in Ptolemy's 2nd-century works. Ancient Egyptian units of measurement The ancient Egyptian units of measurement are those used by the dynasties of ancient Egypt prior to its incorporation in the Roman Empire and general adoption of Roman, Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body, although these were standardized using cubit rods, strands of rope, and official measures maintained at some temples. Following Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia and subsequent death, his bodyguard and successor Ptolemy assumed control in Egypt, partially reforming
Yup'ik clothing Yup'ik) measurement from the tip of the thumb to tip of index finger when each is stretched out away from the other; "tekneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement being the width of the last section of one’s index finger; "tumagneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement of the width of the palm (flattened and with the fingers and thumb held together); "tusneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement being the width from the outside edge of one should to the outside edge of the other; "yegyameg" (in Cup'ig) from elbow (measuring to tip of hand). The primary subsistence activity for the Yup'ik is fishing, though hunting supplements the