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To: Red Badger
This means that, at most, the west side was only 5.55 inches (14.1 centimeters) longer than the east side. Though that would leave the pyramid not quite square, it's a remarkable level of precision for a monument constructed more than 4,500 years ago, the researchers noted.

"The data show that the Egyptians possessed quite remarkable skills for their time," Dash wrote in the report. "We can only speculate as to how the Egyptians could have laid out these lines with such precision using only the tools they had." [

56 posted on 06/21/2016 2:37:22 PM PDT by kabar
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""The data show that the Egyptians possessed quite remarkable skills for their time," Dash wrote in the report. "We can only speculate as to how the Egyptians could have laid out these lines with such precision using only the tools they had.""

I can't believe they were out that much over 755 feet. Simple geometry which they had plus a single master string could put it much closer than that. They had water levels, we know that, it just really surprises me at 5" someone didn't lose their head over it.

Then again, maybe they did after QC did the final inspection...

95 posted on 06/22/2016 6:23:59 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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