One thing that surpised me is the resourcefulness of Ancient Egyptian surveyors given their limited resources and knowledge at the time. It surprised me that they used simple tools such as measuring rods, plumb bobs, and ropes with knots for precision in their projects, architecture, and agriculture. It amazes me that a civilization with limited technology still had human beings who were just as smart as us, and were just as capable of problem solving and critical thinking. It made me ponder that maybe we do take for granted what we have today. Us Gen Z's are living too comfortably in a world of convenience and technology that a lot of us has becomed conditioned to ignore all issues that require thinking, problem soving, and application to real life. Instead, we decide to call and pay a professional. Reading this article has really shed some light on modern day gratitude and emphasizes the importance that we continue to critically think and train our students to do so as well.
Here are two followup curiosity-driven questions I have as follow-up to reading the article:
1) How did the surveyors deal with the challenge of maintaining accurate and precise measurements over long distances, given the tools they had? (ropes and knots, etc.)
2) How were Ancient Egyptians educated and trained for precise work in that era?
Important thoughts here about the intelligence and resourcefulness of people of earlier civilizations and their ability to think critically and solve problems! Thanks Nathaniel.
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