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    HerrSchwab posted an update 4 years, 8 months ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKB96if9Jc
    Archaeologist and remote sensing expert Sarah Parcak has used satellite imagery to discover over a dozen potential pyramids and thousands of tombs from ancient Egypt. A professor of anthropology and founding director of the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Sarah’s work combines technology, historical study, and cultural anthropology to advance discoveries about the past while navigating the political and ethical dilemmas that plague excavation work today.

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      Laurent replied 4 years, 8 months ago

      Back at Uni a friend of mine was using similar techniques to automatically find terrorist camps by applying various algorithms which isolated rectilinear structures and other non random shapes to sift through google earth. As I remember he was collaborating which some kind of large UN NGO group out of Switzerland.

      The more you know, I guess.

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        DanaThomas replied 4 years, 8 months ago

        Interesting thanks.