Egypt's lost Cities

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Hi there,

This really isnt a heads up, but I was watching a 90 minute documentary last night on Egypt's lost cities on BBC1 which I found highly fascinating. Was wondering if anyone else seen it?

A female archaeologist used satellite image technology combined with Infra-red to capture images from space which clearly showed images of ancient cities, artifacts, towns, villages and much more undiscovered under ground. In the documentary last night they discovered a few villages with a few pyramids. A royal palace and its grounds and more.

I am not usually that taken by the whole time team style programmes but I thought this technology was a fascinating advance in discovering the un-discovered, and I am quite fond of the history of Egypt as it is.

Did anyone else see this?
 
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I didn't see the program but did see a news article about this on the BBC website last week, it is interesting stuff.
 
yeh watched it - the worst part was when after the recent revolution they went back to a site previously designated as having been riddled with potential finds to dicover it had been turned into an open air morgue. Literally half the site had been built on - something sneaky going on there i think
 
Imagine this being used on Mars!

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But seriously, imagine if there was some form of life on Mars billions of years ago before its atmosphere got ripped away and what remains is deep under ground!
 
I put it in GD as I wanted to speak more about the advance in technology rather than the actual programme.
 
In that case a better thread title would be Topographical technology advances


Back on topic I watched the program and I'm quite surprised no one came up with this type of solution sooner question is how effective would it be for mapping the seabed and further below?
 
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Capn' $qu!ff said:
In that case a better thread title would be Topographical technology advances


Back on topic I watched the program and I'm quite surprised no one came up with this type of solution sooner question is how effective would it be for mapping the seabed and further below?
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I am not sure that would be possible? Surely the seabed would be quite a distance under water. Would this work?

What's striking is how much they can find and excavate now they have discovered this new tool.
 
Video it, will be watching in a bit. I really think our understanding of history is going to change a fair bit over the next few decades. I just have a feeling so much has been lost, especially under the sea which with technology like what she has done,we are going to uncover again.
 
Khaaan! said:
Imagine this being used on Mars!

</lolMagic>

But seriously, imagine if there was some form of life on Mars billions of years ago before its atmosphere got ripped away and what remains is deep under ground!
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And then, and then, and then imagine! We could be the visitors from Mars, our ancestors simply moved planets to save them selfs... Aka the Aztec's (I think?)

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