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Re:"Scholars Will Call It Nonsense": The Structure of von Dä... by WalterBright on Sunday January 11, 2026 @10:45PM (#46583835)
The pi ratio is strong evidence that a wheel is used somewhere in their surveying tools.

When I was a boy, I asked my mom how the Egyptians made their pyramid foundations straight. Without looking up from her book, she replied "pull a string tight". Then I thought I'd trip her up with how they made the foundation level. Without hesitation she said "dig a trench and fill it with water."

She shoulda been an engineer!

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