It may be
seen that, from the basic square side of the Remen, the length
of the Royal Cubit can be derived by multiplying the Remen by
the square root of 2; similarly, the Megalithic yard can be
derived by multiplying the Remen by the square root of 5.
It will
be necessary to examine this postulate in some depth because
mensuration based on this 2 x 1 rectangle has been found on
four continents – Africa, Asia, Europe and America –
and almost invariably with its roots in the basic Egyptian quantum,
the Remen. Ivimy gives the remen a standard length of 370 millimetres
(mm), a figure that we are happy to accept although, in more
detailed studies, we have found it to vary from 0.370 0 metres
(m), or 370.0 mm in, for example Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan to
0.370 4 m, or 370.4 mm in the early Egyptian Mastabas and Pyramids.
Within this span of four tenths of a millimeter (or, approximately,
one sixth of an inch), we have located twenty-two other world-wide
measurements belonging to this genre.
