Researchers Find 17 Lost Pyramids with Satellite Imagery
Researchers Find 17 Lost Pyramids with Satellite
Imagery
A team of scientist from the University of Alabama believes it has found 17 lost Egyptian pyramids using satellite imagery, in addition to more than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements. Headed by Sarah Parcak, the researchers used infrared imaging techniques in a NASA-sponsored lab at the school to find the long-buried buildings. BBC reports that two of the suspected pyramids have so far been confirmed by initial excavating crews.
“We were very intensely doing this research for over a year. I could see the data as it was emerging, but for me the 'aha' moment was when I could step back and look at everything that we'd found, and I couldn't believe we could locate so many sites all over Egypt,” Parcak said of the project, adding that the work continues and she believed many more buildings will be discovered. “These are just the sites near the surface. There are many thousands of additional sites that the Nile has covered over with silt. This is just the beginning of this kind of work,” Parcak said in an interview with BBC reporters.
The BBC has compiled a documentary of the project. Titled “Egypt's Lost Cities,” the film is scheduled to be aired in Britain on May 30th. No word on when the documentary might make its way to American television.
A team of scientist from the University of Alabama believes it has found 17 lost Egyptian pyramids using satellite imagery, in addition to more than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements. Headed by Sarah Parcak, the researchers used infrared imaging techniques in a NASA-sponsored lab at the school to find the long-buried buildings. BBC reports that two of the suspected pyramids have so far been confirmed by initial excavating crews.
“We were very intensely doing this research for over a year. I could see the data as it was emerging, but for me the 'aha' moment was when I could step back and look at everything that we'd found, and I couldn't believe we could locate so many sites all over Egypt,” Parcak said of the project, adding that the work continues and she believed many more buildings will be discovered. “These are just the sites near the surface. There are many thousands of additional sites that the Nile has covered over with silt. This is just the beginning of this kind of work,” Parcak said in an interview with BBC reporters.
The BBC has compiled a documentary of the project. Titled “Egypt's Lost Cities,” the film is scheduled to be aired in Britain on May 30th. No word on when the documentary might make its way to American television.
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