New (old) stuff found by satellite in Egypt

[yh125d]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957

Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt.

More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements were also revealed by looking at infra-red images which show up underground buildings.

Initial excavations have already confirmed some of the findings, including two suspected pyramids.

But Dr Parcak said the most exciting moment was visiting the excavations at Tanis.

"They'd excavated a 3,000-year-old house that the satellite imagery had shown and the outline of the structure matched the satellite imagery almost perfectly. That was real validation of the technology."

Pshaw, and people said space was the final frontier. Apparently theres a whole 'nother Egypt underground for us to find

 

[SAWYER]

No telling what is buried in deserts around the world, and under ice

 

[lupi]

Given the environment in that area, suprised this type of imaging had not been done before.

 

[Meghan54]

Given the environment in that area, suprised this type of imaging had not been done before.

Probably cost was a huge factor....and did you notice the project was pioneered by Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, and probably took a huge grant to get running.

 

[slayer202]

pretty awesome. probably still some caves and other cool shit to discover too all over the place

 

[phoenix79]

One of the faculty I support does the EXACT same thing but in S. America

 

[Jeff7]

The Homeworld writers thought of this long ago.

 

[Bateluer]

Neat. Any Stargates?

 

[Powermoloch]

Another mummy movie :awe: !!!!

 

[Bignate603]

Neat. Any Stargates?

It took ATOT 8 posts to make a stargate reference?

 

[Bateluer]

It took ATOT 8 posts to make a stargate reference?

I know, disgraceful.

 

[JS80]

Is this the same tech used in AVP?

 

[HAL9000]

I thought we couldn't swear in thread titles...?

 

[DrPizza]

Wouldn't the smart thing to have done be to find the stuff, not announce it, purchase the land, then start digging and say "Hey! Look what we found!"

 

[Kaido]

Still waiting for them to find Atlantis.

 

[yh125d]

I thought we couldn't swear in thread titles...?

changed jic

 

[Newbian]

Still waiting for them to find Atlantis.

Wrong planet, all we get is a crappy outpost but at least it has some nifty space guns.

 

[Alone]

Still waiting for them to find Atlantis.

Atlantis never existed, so I wouldn't hold your breath.

As for discovery, I'm waiting until all the waters of the earth are mapped. I imagine there's some horrific things in the depth.

 

[dmcowen674]

No telling what is buried in deserts around the world, and under ice

What ice?

 

[Redfraggle]

Awesome, I wonder what they'll find in there.

 

[EagleKeeper]

No telling what is buried in deserts around the world, and under ice

What ice?

Lack of geographic understanding is showing again.

Look under that iceberg in the middle of the Suez.

 

[dawp]

What ice?

Antarctica, do you not remember where the thing came from?

 

[JulesMaximus]

That's pretty cool.

 

[Jeff7]

It took ATOT 8 posts to make a stargate reference?

Well come on now, I had a Homeworld reference at post #7...

 

[Raizinman]

I certainly hope they don't aim that machine at my backyard.