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My solution to the Staff of Ra problem.
As we all know, when Sallah takes Indy to see the old man to have the markings on the headpiece translated, the old man says the staff should be 6 Kaddams high.
To which Sallah mumbles, "About 72 inches."
Then the old man says to take back one Kaddam, etc etc.
Thus the staff is roughly 5 feet tall. When Indy uses the staff it is roughly 25% taller than him. Making Indy roughly 4 feet tall. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
I was just thinking though; Sallah was hanging around Indy speaking English and probably translating Arabic or Egyptian or whatever between the two. When the guy said 6 kaddams, Sallah inadvertantly translated the word to 'feet' in his mind and figured '6 feet is 72 inches.' In reality though, a kaddam is probably not exactly 12 inches. It is more likely a totally different unit of measurement. Indy is NOT a dwarf, Sallah just made a mistake!
(Sorry if this has been poted before.)
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