Ancient Egyptian City Spotted From Space Using Satellite
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Great Aten Temple at Tell el-Amarna, Middle Egypt was captured by a satellite hovering over Egypt. The images captured 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. This discovery is a part of a project which aims to map ancient Egypt's archaeological sites 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."Link
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