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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. Wait a minute... by bigtallmofo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Luca Mori was studying maps of the region around his town of Sorbolo, near Parma,

    Is this the same Luca Mori that runs the www.ItalianSatellitePorn.com web site? I love that site!

    At least he found something scientific for once!

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    I'm a big tall mofo.
  2. Now they'll announce by Kuciwalker · · Score: 0, Redundant

    that they've finally found the WMD in Iraq, using Google Earth.