Yes yes I know, I know, but Ficly won’t let me throw in asides: Alexandria didn’t exist during the reign of Ramses II. And Luxor probably wasn’t called that either. So sue me. S.
“Look on Scroungre’s works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Interestingly, the Egyptians had pi at 3.16 by the 18th Dynasty, well before Ramses II. And they knew how to survey. So I guess this could be a true story…