Trust and transparency
Editorial Standards
The fact-versus-interpretation declaration, source hierarchy, correction practice, and AI-assistance disclosure.
Measured fact
Dimensions, artefact records, unit equivalents, and survey claims are sourced. Reconstructed values show basis and uncertainty. We do not add decimal places to compensate for weak evidence.
Interpretive tradition
Pi, phi, cosmic, Masonic, numerological, and use theories are attributed and visibly labelled. A mathematically close result is not described as proof of ancient intention.
Source hierarchy
- Published survey, primary text, or metrological scholarship.
- Museum, heritage, and epigraphic records.
- Curated academic reference works.
- General corroboration, clearly identified.
Editorial responsibility
Ancient Measures is edited and published by Joe Foley. Editorial correspondence and corrections are handled at [email protected]. The editor is responsible for this framework and its application, while each underlying historical claim remains answerable to its cited source.
AI assistance
AI assisted research organisation, drafting, code, and quality checks. The public source register and deterministic build make important claims auditable. Corrections are reviewed against the same hierarchy and recorded in the project history.
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