I hold the peg.
I grasp the handle of the club
and grip the measuring cord with the goddess Safex-Abui
I turn my eyes to the movements of the stars.
I send forth my gaze to the Bull´s thigh (the Great Bear).
I count off time, I watch the clock,
I establish the four corners of your temple.
Inscription at the temple of Edfu
The Pyramid of Cheops – a wonder of precision
Side length: 230.37 m, greatest deviation in length: 4 cm.
Deviation of the north-south axis: 2.8‘, a mere 19 cm over a total of 230 m.
Deviation of the base from the horizontal: 2 cm.
Deviation of the corners from the right angle: 1‘, a mere 7 cm over 230 m.
The sloping sides meet exactly in the middle of the Pyramid at a height of 146 m
