[EnderWiggin1970]

I don't know about talents, but the Egyptians had a sophisticated calibration system for cubits. There was an official national standard, and each construction supervisor had an official cubit stick that was calibrated to the national standard, with periodic updates (and penalty of death to the supervisor who failed to keep current with his calibration).

It's also worth noting that there were 2 cubits: a common cubit (18") and a royal cubit (21"). Other nations had their own cubit standards that were not calibrated to the Egyptian standard, and also had the common/royal distinction. So it's important in an article mentioning cubits to specify which cubit was in use.

[MarlonRando]

, Yes, with all of the construction projects the Egyptians were involved in, you think they would be pretty bright about standardizing their weights and measures