• Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images
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source [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957[/url] [release] [b]Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt.[/b] 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. The work has been pioneered at the University of Alabama in Birmingham by US Egyptologist Dr Sarah Parcak. She says she was amazed at how much she and her team has found. [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/52945000/jpg/_52945733_satellite-image-of-pyramid_highlight.jpg[/img] [b]An infra-red satellite image shows a buried pyramid, located in the centre of the highlight box.[/b] "We were very intensely doing this research for over a year. I could see the data as it was emerging, but for me the "Aha!" moment was when I could step back and look at everything that we'd found and I couldn't believe we could locate so many sites all over Egypt. "To excavate a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist," she said. The team analysed images from satellites orbiting 700km above the earth, equipped with cameras so powerful they can pin-point objects less than 1m in diameter on the earth's surface. Infra-red imaging was used to highlight different materials under the surface. Test excavations Ancient Egyptians built their houses and structures out of mud brick, which is much denser than the soil that surrounds it, so the shapes of houses, temples and tombs can be seen. "It just shows us how easy it is to underestimate both the size and scale of past human settlements," says Dr Parcak. And she believes there are more antiquities to be discovered: "These are just the sites [close to] the surface. There are many thousands of additional sites that the Nile has covered over with silt. This is just the beginning of this kind of work." BBC cameras followed Dr Parcak on her "nervous" journey when she travelled to Egypt to see if excavations could back up what her technology could see under the surface. In the BBC documentary Egypt's Lost Cities, they visit an area of Saqqara (Sakkara) where the authorities were not initially interested in her findings. But after being told by Dr Parcak that she had seen two potential pyramids, they made test excavations, and they now believe it is one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt. She also hopes the new technology will help engage young people in science and will be a major help for archaeologists around the world. "It allows us to be more focused and selective in the work we do. Faced with a massive site, you don't know where to start. It's an important tool to focus where we're excavating. It gives us a much bigger perspective on archaeological sites. We have to think bigger and that's what the satellites allow us to do." "Indiana Jones is old school, we've moved on from Indy, sorry Harrison Ford." [/release]
How could they tell it was a buried pyramid, I can't see shit!
AvP? :v:
[QUOTE=MasterFen007;30042242]How could they tell it was a buried pyramid, I can't see shit![/QUOTE] They can tell because of the pixels and because they've seen a lot of pyramids in their time.
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[QUOTE=MasterFen007;30042242]How could they tell it was a buried pyramid, I can't see shit![/QUOTE] Note the distinct square shape within the box, that looks to be a man made formation based on the curvature of the surrounding terrain by comparison.
[QUOTE=MasterFen007;30042242]How could they tell it was a buried pyramid, I can't see shit![/QUOTE] And that's why they are experts in analyzing satellite images and you are not.
And here I thought there was little to nothing left to discover.
[QUOTE=MasterFen007;30042242]How could they tell it was a buried pyramid, I can't see shit![/QUOTE] I can actually kind of see it. It's too bad that Egypt's state antiquities office is incredibly sluggish when it comes to excavating new sites. It can take years to get permission to open one tiny tomb. There have been cases where amazing tombs were found, but the archeologists were only given a few days to work on them before the site was locked up.
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More pyramids? Man.. I don't want to hear about those selfish fucks who built graves with thousands of slaves and buried themselves in there with loadsa gold :saddowns:
[QUOTE=Gekkosan;30042819]More pyramids? Man.. I don't want to hear about those selfish fucks who built graves with thousands of slaves and buried themselves in there with loadsa gold :saddowns:[/QUOTE] A lot of interesting knowledge about the Egyptian people, religion and technology that has been lost in time could be rediscovered in these settlements and pyramids, such as how they were actually able to build the pyramids. This is really cool. [B]3000[/B] ancient settlements, and 17 pyramids! Like a goldmine for archaeologists.
[QUOTE=Gekkosan;30042819]More pyramids? Man.. I don't want to hear about those selfish fucks who built graves with thousands of slaves and buried themselves in there with loadsa gold :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Pyramid builders wasn't treated as slaves. Hell, some pyramid builders even got their own tombs. [url]http://www.guardians.net/hawass/buildtomb.htm[/url]
They had whole settlements and villages full of craftsmen and specialists dedicated to the pyramids they were building.
One of them should have a "mysterious ring like large object"
[QUOTE=animephreak135;30042725]I can actually kind of see it. It's too bad that Egypt's state antiquities office is incredibly sluggish when it comes to excavating new sites. It can take years to get permission to open one tiny tomb. There have been cases where amazing tombs were found, but the archeologists were only given a few days to work on them before the site was locked up.[/QUOTE] I think that will be changed soon.
[QUOTE=MasterFen007;30042242]How could they tell it was a buried pyramid, I can't see shit![/QUOTE] Can't you see the white box? Well that's the pyramid apparently.
I don't see it. No matter how hard I look I don't see it.
I see it, but I wouldn't have been able to pick it out.
[QUOTE=MasterFen007;30042242]How could they tell it was a buried pyramid, I can't see shit![/QUOTE] I can't either... So I imagine some guy who lied on his application got the job, and was afraid of getting canned so he just pointed and said Yep, Found one right here I don't see any pyramid but there's a definite right angle
think of the history and findings, we could discover more on the ancient cultures bronze dark age
[QUOTE=TheTalon;30044257]I can't either... So I imagine some guy who lied on his application got the job, and was afraid of getting canned so he just pointed and said Yep, Found one right here I don't see any pyramid but there's a definite right angle[/QUOTE] Or maybe the box is a pyramid
I'm pretty sure that's that: [IMG]http://i54.tinypic.com/3326vip.jpg[/IMG] [img]http://www.virtuescience.com/great-pyramid-top.gif[/img]
Am I the only one who thinks that it's wrong to go poking around in ancient graves and catacombs? I mean, what if thousands of years from now people start digging up your grave and putting your corpse in a museum so everyone can stare at it?
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;30044686]Am I the only one who thinks that it's wrong to go poking around in ancient graves and catacombs? I mean, what if thousands of years from now people start digging up your grave and putting your corpse in a museum so everyone can stare at it?[/QUOTE] Well I'd be too dead to give a shit.
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;30044686]Am I the only one who thinks that it's wrong to go poking around in ancient graves and catacombs? I mean, what if thousands of years from now people start digging up your grave and putting your corpse in a museum so everyone can stare at it?[/QUOTE] i'd be flattered
[QUOTE=Van-man;30044800]Well I'd be too dead to give a shit.[/QUOTE] When asked how he wished to be buried, he left instructions to be thrown outside the city wall so wild animals could feast on his body. When asked if he minded this, he said, "Not at all, as long as you provide me with a stick to chase the creatures away!" When asked how he could use the stick since he would lack awareness, he replied "If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?" Diogenes of Sinope, kickass cynic.
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;30044686]Am I the only one who thinks that it's wrong to go poking around in ancient graves and catacombs? I mean, what if thousands of years from now people start digging up your grave and putting your corpse in a museum so everyone can stare at it?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't care actually I like the idea of being remembered for a long period of time even after I died.
[QUOTE=captainHOE;30044489]I'm pretty sure that's that: [IMG]http://i54.tinypic.com/3326vip.jpg[/IMG] [img]http://www.virtuescience.com/great-pyramid-top.gif[/img][/QUOTE] Looks kinda like it's cone shaped to me.
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