Egypt
BBC News (Francis Cronin)
Thanks to Brian Donovan for this link.
- Sarah Parcak Talking About Her Satellite Research
Exchange Magazine Video. In this short talk, TED Fellow Sarah Parcak introduces the field of "space archeology" -- using satellite images to search for clues to the lost sites of past civilizations. Sarah Parcak uses satellite...
- Hawass Response To Satellite Discovery Reports
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Minister of State for Antiquities (MSA) Zahi Hawass announced at the ministry in Zamalek that yesterday’s media reports that researchers from the University of Alabama in the United States had identified 17 lost pyramids...
- Hiding In Plain View - Identifying Sites From Satellite Photos
POPSCI.com A slideshow demonstrating how Sarah Parcak goes about finding ancient Egyptian sites using satellite photographs. I should warn you that the site was down over the weekend, and when it first came back up I was only able to access the first...
- Satellites Reveal Ancient Sites
The Birmingham News In a computer lab on Birmingham's Southside, UAB anthropology professor Sarah Parcak scours satellite images for hidden Egyptian archaeological sites half a world away. With the help of the new technology, Parcak and collaborators...
- New Sites In Egypt Spotted From Space
http://www.livescience.com/history/070605_satellite_egypt2.html More on Sarah Parcak's work with satellite images of Egypt: "Satellites hovering above Egypt have zoomed in on a 1,600-year-old metropolis, archaeologists say. Images captured from space...
Egypt
Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images
BBC News (Francis Cronin)
Thanks to Brian Donovan for this link.
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 of two suspected pyramids.
"To excavate a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist," says Dr Sarah Parcak.
She has pioneered the work in space archaeology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, and says she was amazed at how much she and her team have found.
- Sarah Parcak Talking About Her Satellite Research
Exchange Magazine Video. In this short talk, TED Fellow Sarah Parcak introduces the field of "space archeology" -- using satellite images to search for clues to the lost sites of past civilizations. Sarah Parcak uses satellite...
- Hawass Response To Satellite Discovery Reports
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Minister of State for Antiquities (MSA) Zahi Hawass announced at the ministry in Zamalek that yesterday’s media reports that researchers from the University of Alabama in the United States had identified 17 lost pyramids...
- Hiding In Plain View - Identifying Sites From Satellite Photos
POPSCI.com A slideshow demonstrating how Sarah Parcak goes about finding ancient Egyptian sites using satellite photographs. I should warn you that the site was down over the weekend, and when it first came back up I was only able to access the first...
- Satellites Reveal Ancient Sites
The Birmingham News In a computer lab on Birmingham's Southside, UAB anthropology professor Sarah Parcak scours satellite images for hidden Egyptian archaeological sites half a world away. With the help of the new technology, Parcak and collaborators...
- New Sites In Egypt Spotted From Space
http://www.livescience.com/history/070605_satellite_egypt2.html More on Sarah Parcak's work with satellite images of Egypt: "Satellites hovering above Egypt have zoomed in on a 1,600-year-old metropolis, archaeologists say. Images captured from space...