Google Earth Used to Find Ancient Roman Villa

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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what's buried in my BY

[s388]

probably the remains of some folks that were flourishing in the area before the "genocide phase" of the American Experiment took place.

when you mod me down as a troll, i'll consider it your conscience speaking.

Re:Next up from the Google Dog & Pony Show...

[Steve Franklin]

They are now so hard up for recruits that they are sending recruiters to gay bars and promising them they can have their own tents together. All this while the Bush Crime Family goes around threatening to send "troops" into other countries that don't toe the line. No word yet on which Texas sheriff's department will be tapped for that duty.