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Setting out Pyramids
Surveying tools
The surveying tools that ancient Egyptian used were
simple and were used very effectively.
The most basic tools were the plumb bob, a cubit rod for
short distances and a calibrated rope of 100 cubits for
longer distances.
These ropes were sometimes knotted at intervals.
Though Egyptians do not seem to have acquainted
themselves with Pythagoras theorem as a mathematical
principle, they applied its practical application of the
3,4,5 triangle for establishing 90 degrees angles.
Surveying
Surveying fields was common in ancient Egypt.
Ownership of land was very common, though most of
land was owned by Pharoah and the temples.
Surveying was necessary in ancient Egypt because the
annual floods buried and destroyed boundary markers
which then had to be re-established for owners of fields.
Scribed control marks on pyramids, architectural marks
on tombs and few surveying sketch plans of tombs show
how surveyors also performed construction surveys.
Scribes, the educated professional in ancient Egypt had
the practical and mathematical knowledge to supervise
surveys.
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