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Google Earth Used to Find Ancient Roman Villa

Posted by Zonk on from the i-have-a-pyramid-in-my-parking-lot dept.

cavehobbit writes "Google Earth leads to an archeology find, according to a Nature article. From the article: 'Using satellite images from Google Maps and Google Earth, an Italian computer programmer has stumbled upon the remains of an ancient villa. Luca Mori was studying maps of the region around his town of Sorbolo, near Parma, when he noticed a prominent, oval, shaded form more than 500 metres long. It was the meander of an ancient river ...' What's buried in your back yard?"

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  1. Next up from the Google Dog & Pony Show... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    WMD's in Iraq found!

  2. I use Google Earth... by Quaoar · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...to find my remote control. Though I guess it's hard to miss anyway, being 10 feet long.

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    1. Re:I use Google Earth... by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 4, Funny
      Though I guess it's hard to miss anyway, being 10 feet long.

      Yeah, I use a stick, too.

      Speaking of which, one day long ago my wife and I were laying on the floor lazily watching TV. We decided to chang the channel but neither of us had the remote in hand. Laying there on the floor with our heads propped against the couch we noticed the remote laying a few feet away. For some reason there was a yardstick lying within reach and my wife grabbed it and began using it to drag the remote towards us. When we realized just how pathetic this little tableau was we jumped up, turned off the TV and went outside.

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  3. What's buried in my back yard by dotslasher_sri · · Score: 4, Funny

    deadbodies.

  4. Re: What's buried in your back yard? by bergeron76 · · Score: 4, Funny

    My ex-wife.

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  5. I can see why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    this guy is doing archaeology.

    "Italian computer programmer"

    Sheesh, imagine the spaghetti code!

  6. New insult by pardasaniman · · Score: 4, Funny

    New /. insult.

    Your Mama, She's so fat, I typed her name in on google and saw a satellite photo of her!!

  7. reminds me of the story... by blue_adept · · Score: 5, Funny

    A fellow used google maps to discover some ruins in his own back yard. while digging up the ruins, he comes across some cable, and tells his his neighbour "well there you have it, this proves that our ancient ancestors had internet".

    His neighbor replies "that's nothing, yesterday I used google to find some ruins in *my* backyard. When I dug them up, I didn't find ANY cable at all. That proves that our ancient ancestors had wireless".

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  8. Re: What's buried in your back yard? by sik0fewl · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have to check "Post Anonymously" before you press submit.

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