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Drones and Satellites Spot Lost Civilizations In Unlikely Places

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-the-better-to-see-you-with dept.

sciencehabit writes What do the Sahara desert and the Amazon rainforest have in common? Until recently, archaeologists would have told you they were both inhospitable environments devoid of large-scale human settlements. But they were wrong. Here today at the annual meeting of the AAAS, two researchers explained how remote sensing technology, including satellite imaging and drone flights, is revealing the traces of past civilizations that have been hiding in plain sight."

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  1. Re:every few years by TWX · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Except that in both cases, evidence of civilization in both places has been established prior to satellites and aircraft, and anthropologists and archeologists have provided evidence, and climate scientists have provided us with theories for the end of that civilization in what's now the Sahara, in the form of the Sahara Pump Theory.

    Sure, aerial survey techniques can be used to help, and might even be able to establish evidence in other places, but for the moment it isn't quite as influential as the summary makes it out to be.

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  2. I came for pictures.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME CLICKING ON THIS ARTICLE!
    I came for pictures but all I got was teasers for conferences.