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- The First Ever 3d Cataloguing Of Hatshepsut's Temple
Nauka w Polsce Experts from the company Leica Geosystems in Warsaw, together with Wrocław's Technology University will create the first ever 3D cataloguing of Queen Hatshepsut's temple in Deir el-Bahari, in Egypt. One of the most advanced high-tech...
- Satellites Unearthing Ancient Egyptian Ruins
CNN Sarah Parcak's work with satellite images makes fairly regular appearences in the media. There's nothing really new here, but for those of you who haven't come across her work before the above article provides a good summary. Archaeologists...
- Archaeology Magazine's Top 10 Discoveries
http://www.archaeology.org/0901/topten/ Not Egyptology, of course, but I hope that this may be of interest to visitors. Archaeology Magazine has published the full text of its "Top 10 Discoveries of 2008" article online. For some archaeology buffs, 2008...
- The Reality Of Archaeology
LoHud.com (David Germain) It's a slow news day, so forgive the slight side step from the specific (Egyptology) into the general (archaeology). I've been enjoying the various responses to the new Indiana Jones movie from many archaeologists who,...
- The Entertainment Tail Wagging The Archaeological Dog?
Washington Post (By Neil Asher Silberman) After 17 years, Hollywood's most famous archaeologist is back in action. Now grayer and a bit creakier, Indiana Jones is again hacking his way through thick jungles, careering wildly in car chases and scrambling...
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Archaeology's Tech Revolution
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Let′s face it, Indiana Jones was a pretty lousy archaeologist. He destroyed his sites, used a bullwhip instead of a trowel and was more likely to kill his peers than co-author a paper with them. Regardless, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," which celebrates its 30th anniversary on June 12, did make studying the past cool for an entire generation of scientists. Those modern archaeologists whom "Raiders" inspired luckily learned from the mistakes of Dr. Jones, and use advanced technology such as satellite imaging, airborne laser mapping, robots and full-body medical scanners instead of a scientifically useless whip.
Such innovations have allowed archaeologists to spot buried pyramids from space, create 3-D maps of ancient Mayan ruins from the air, explore the sunken wrecks of Roman ships and find evidence ofheart disease in 3,000-year-old mummies. Most of the new toolkit comes from fields such as biology, chemistry, physics or engineering, as well as commercial gadgets that include GPS, laptops and smartphones.
- The First Ever 3d Cataloguing Of Hatshepsut's Temple
Nauka w Polsce Experts from the company Leica Geosystems in Warsaw, together with Wrocław's Technology University will create the first ever 3D cataloguing of Queen Hatshepsut's temple in Deir el-Bahari, in Egypt. One of the most advanced high-tech...
- Satellites Unearthing Ancient Egyptian Ruins
CNN Sarah Parcak's work with satellite images makes fairly regular appearences in the media. There's nothing really new here, but for those of you who haven't come across her work before the above article provides a good summary. Archaeologists...
- Archaeology Magazine's Top 10 Discoveries
http://www.archaeology.org/0901/topten/ Not Egyptology, of course, but I hope that this may be of interest to visitors. Archaeology Magazine has published the full text of its "Top 10 Discoveries of 2008" article online. For some archaeology buffs, 2008...
- The Reality Of Archaeology
LoHud.com (David Germain) It's a slow news day, so forgive the slight side step from the specific (Egyptology) into the general (archaeology). I've been enjoying the various responses to the new Indiana Jones movie from many archaeologists who,...
- The Entertainment Tail Wagging The Archaeological Dog?
Washington Post (By Neil Asher Silberman) After 17 years, Hollywood's most famous archaeologist is back in action. Now grayer and a bit creakier, Indiana Jones is again hacking his way through thick jungles, careering wildly in car chases and scrambling...