Egypt
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- Gebel Kamil Crater Analysed
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- Sphinx Of Mycerinus
An archaeological expedition digging in northern Israel has found a statue of a sphinx inscribed with the name of the builder of the smallest of the pyramids at Giza, King Mycerinus. It is the only known sphinx of this king and is unlikely to have arrived...
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Egypt
Giza - research into meteorites and geoglyphs
http://tinyurl.com/27b86e (en.naukawpolsce.pl)
"Samples of rock and fragments of pyramid walls brought from Egypt are being examined at the AGH University of Science and Technology. It is very likely that meteorites had dropped near the pyramids. The material was collected during the December expedition of geologists. Another aim of the expedition was to study some geoglyphics, i.e. gigantic pictures drawn on the ground.
According to Dziennik Polski, the scientists were intrigued by some unusual structures, which resembled craters formed after meteorites hit the ground. They noticed them when analysing satellite pictures of areas north of the great pyramids in Giza. . . .The aim of the expedition was also to study the geoglyphics, i.e. gigantic pictures on the ground. Located east of Cairo, they form two several-kilometre-long curved lines, which almost meet in one point. On satellite pictures, they look like a huge drawing of a scarab."
According to Dziennik Polski, the scientists were intrigued by some unusual structures, which resembled craters formed after meteorites hit the ground. They noticed them when analysing satellite pictures of areas north of the great pyramids in Giza. . . .The aim of the expedition was also to study the geoglyphics, i.e. gigantic pictures on the ground. Located east of Cairo, they form two several-kilometre-long curved lines, which almost meet in one point. On satellite pictures, they look like a huge drawing of a scarab."
- Black-market Trinkets From Space
New York Times (William J. Broad) Thanks very much to lovely David Petersen for this link. Ebay and other Web sites pulse with hundreds of sales pitches. “The pieces below have an exceptional patina,” a site called Star-bits.com said of 10 pictured...
- Gebel Kamil Crater Analysed
Ogle Earth With photos. Researchers scouring Google Earth for impact craters have discovered a new one in Egypt, National Geographic reports. Dubbed the Kamil Crater, it is small but very special, because it really is new, in geological terms — just...
- A Digital Eye Of Horus For Archaeologists
Talking Pyramids (Vincent Brown) Following the latest report about Sarah Parcak's work iwth satellites Vincent has provided a good summary of many other wasy in which archaeologists have been using satellite technology. As technology evolves at an...
- Sphinx Of Mycerinus
An archaeological expedition digging in northern Israel has found a statue of a sphinx inscribed with the name of the builder of the smallest of the pyramids at Giza, King Mycerinus. It is the only known sphinx of this king and is unlikely to have arrived...
- Poles End Thirteenth Season
...