Tel Aviv University researchers have found that the ancient Egyptians developed unique system of volume measurement based on sphere units. A Phoenician globular jug from Tel Megiddo, with a maximal external circumference of 29.2 fingers and volume of 0.53 hekat (E. Zapassky et al / Tel Aviv University) Archaeologists in the eastern Mediterranean region have been unearthing spherical jugs, used by the ancients for storing and trading oil, wine, and...
