http://www.livescience.com/history/070605_satellite_egypt2.html
More on Sarah Parcak's work with satellite images of Egypt: "Satellites hovering above Egypt have zoomed in on a 1,600-year-old metropolis, archaeologists say. Images captured from space pinpoint telltale signs of previous habitation in the swatch of land 200 miles south of Cairo, which digging recently confirmed as an ancient settlement dating from about 400 A.D. The find is part of a larger project aiming to map as much of ancient Egypt's archaeological sites, or 'tells,' as possible before they are destroyed or covered by modern development. 'It is the biggest site discovered so far,' said project leader Sarah Parcak of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. 'Based on the coins and pottery we found, it appears to be a massive regional center that traded with Greece, Turkey and Libya.'
Another large city dating to 600 B.C. and a monastery from 400 A.D. are some of the four hundred or so sites that Parcak has located during her work with the satellites. The oldest dates back over 5,000 years.
Egypt contains a wealth of already identified archaeological tells like these, but even they represent only about 0.01 percent of what is out there still uncovered, Parcak said."
See the above page for the full story. There's a fascinating photograph on the page (click on it to enlarge it) of the The Great Aten Temple at Tell el-Amarna, Middle Egypt. The northern enclosure wall of the temple, which is actually buried beneath a modern cemetery, is visible in the satellite image.
More on Sarah Parcak's work with satellite images of Egypt: "Satellites hovering above Egypt have zoomed in on a 1,600-year-old metropolis, archaeologists say. Images captured from space pinpoint telltale signs of previous habitation in the swatch of land 200 miles south of Cairo, which digging recently confirmed as an ancient settlement dating from about 400 A.D. The find is part of a larger project aiming to map as much of ancient Egypt's archaeological sites, or 'tells,' as possible before they are destroyed or covered by modern development. 'It is the biggest site discovered so far,' said project leader Sarah Parcak of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. 'Based on the coins and pottery we found, it appears to be a massive regional center that traded with Greece, Turkey and Libya.'
Another large city dating to 600 B.C. and a monastery from 400 A.D. are some of the four hundred or so sites that Parcak has located during her work with the satellites. The oldest dates back over 5,000 years.
Egypt contains a wealth of already identified archaeological tells like these, but even they represent only about 0.01 percent of what is out there still uncovered, Parcak said."
See the above page for the full story. There's a fascinating photograph on the page (click on it to enlarge it) of the The Great Aten Temple at Tell el-Amarna, Middle Egypt. The northern enclosure wall of the temple, which is actually buried beneath a modern cemetery, is visible in the satellite image.
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