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Message: <blockquote data-quote="madmax2000" data-source="post: 10212768" data-attributes="member: 342938">[/ATTACH]<a href="http://gossiptool.blogspot.com/2011/05/egyptian-pyramids-found-by-infra-red.html" target="_blank">http://gossiptool.blogspot.com/2011/05/egyptian-pyramids-found-by-infra-red.html</a>Seventeen lost pyramids are among the buildings identified in a new satellite survey of Egypt.More than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements were also revealed by looking at infra-red images which show up underground buildings.Initial excavations have already confirmed some of the findings including of two suspected pyramids."To excavate a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist," says Dr Sarah Parcak.She has pioneered the work in space archaeology from a Nasa-sponsored laboratory in Birmingham, Alabama and says she was amazed at how much she and her team have found."We were very intensely doing this research for over a year. I could see the data as it was emerging, but for me the "A-Ha" 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."The team analysed images from satellites orbiting 700km above the earth, equipped with cameras so powerful they can pin-point objects less than 1m in diameter on the earth's surface.Infra-red imaging was used to highlight different materials under the surface</blockquote>

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