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Using Google Earth to Find Ancient Cities

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hey-umm-guys-it's-over-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A story in the online site of the Aussie science mag Cosmos discusses how archaeologists are using sophisticated satellite images to find previously undiscovered cities. What 's really cool is how some are simply using Google Earth — and discovering all sorts of previously unknown sites!"

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  1. Re:WMD Found by eviloverlordx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe we can find out the location of Dick Cheney's Undisclosed Location.

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  2. Re:WMD Found by RockedMan40 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Easy; National check of hospitals with shotgun wounds by bird hunters.

  3. Nice, but. . . by Zenaku · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do these cities have StreetView yet? It could provide a vivid picture of what life was like in ancient times. :)

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    1. Re:Nice, but. . . by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

      They're working on it, but haven't been able to get the camera cars up to the requisite 88 mph.

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  4. It's laugably easy! by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    In just five minutes I found this weird ancient obelisk!

    Obelisk

    Wow! A previously unknown sphinx!

    Sphinx

    Some sort of ancient roadway system. It's a bit hard to make out.

    Ancient trade routes

  5. Re:WMD Found by FredFredrickson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or just dangle an oil drenched sack of money on a stick.. he'll show up.

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  6. That's nothing... by pmike_bauer · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...google earth now finds your keys

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  7. date of the satellite images by tknd · · Score: 1, Funny

    The reason why these archaeologists are having so much success is because Google's satellite imagery is ancient!

    I mean, rather than seeing some roads near my house all I see is dirt and trees!

  8. Next movie in the series by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Indiana Jones and the Blue Screen of Death"

  9. What will they think of next? by AngryNick · · Score: 4, Funny

    First impact craters ( How to Discover Impact Craters with Google Earth ), now ancient cities!?! I'm still looking for my car.

  10. Kansas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Have them check the results for Kansas. This'll reveal whether there ever WAS civilization there and possibly when it disappeared...

  11. Re:Image stitching by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Image stitching

    Really? How come I can't see the thread marks? Oh, I bet they're using something like fishing line...

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