"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...