http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-2037531,00.html
Article about Sarah Parcak's work using satellite imagery in Egypt (published in full in the EES magazine Egyptian Archaeology): "Satellite technology has more than doubled the number of ancient sites known in part of the Nile valley, a new study shows. Although most of the sites date from Roman times rather than from the Pharaonic period, the dramatic increase suggests reasons why earlier sites have remained undetected.The survey was carried out on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the famous abandoned city of Tell el-Amarna or Akhetaten, the short-lived capital of the 'heretic' Pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century BC. A sample area of 30km by 15km was chosen: Napoleon’s survey of 1798 had noted 12 sites in the area, and by 2004 the number had risen to only 23. . . . Even relatively late periods such as the Roman were often covered by many feet of Nile silts: at Kiman Zeit the Roman layers were 5m (16ft) below the surface. See the complete article for more - this is the second piece on the page, so you will need to page down beyond the article on stone age art in Europe to find it."
Article about Sarah Parcak's work using satellite imagery in Egypt (published in full in the EES magazine Egyptian Archaeology): "Satellite technology has more than doubled the number of ancient sites known in part of the Nile valley, a new study shows. Although most of the sites date from Roman times rather than from the Pharaonic period, the dramatic increase suggests reasons why earlier sites have remained undetected.The survey was carried out on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the famous abandoned city of Tell el-Amarna or Akhetaten, the short-lived capital of the 'heretic' Pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century BC. A sample area of 30km by 15km was chosen: Napoleon’s survey of 1798 had noted 12 sites in the area, and by 2004 the number had risen to only 23. . . . Even relatively late periods such as the Roman were often covered by many feet of Nile silts: at Kiman Zeit the Roman layers were 5m (16ft) below the surface. See the complete article for more - this is the second piece on the page, so you will need to page down beyond the article on stone age art in Europe to find it."
See the Times article for details of the satellite technology used, and how the manipulated images were tested in the field.
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