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Archaeology is being revolutionized by remote-scanning techniques that use lasers to detect otherwise invisible ground features. The technology digitally extracts vegetation for a clean image of the earth's surface. Archaeologists in Germany have already discovered thousands of new sites.
The Boyne Valley in Ireland, for example, contains three prehistoric monuments that are part of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site . A team with the Irish research project "Discovery Programme" scanned the already heavily researched area with lasers, finding a number of small mounds, possible burial tombs and Stone Age earthworks. The map was practically filled with points of potential archaeological interest.
Rennes Le Chateau, is located in Languedoc, France an unspoiled area of southern France. There are many mysteries surrounding Rennes Le Chateau that link with the Holy Grail, the Ark of Noah, the Ark of the Covenant and the treasures of the Temple of Solomon. These mysteries have baffled researchers for hundreds of years.
Originally posted by Mianeye
This is becoming a new trend among archaeologist, and i love it.
Using satellits,high altitude Laser Measurements and drones to discover the history buried underground and impossible to see from groundlevel.
It has been done for many years but they keep getting better as they discover new and better/easier ways of doing it.
And nice to see that drones are not only used to spy on us
news.vanderbilt.edu...
There is ofcause a limit to how deep they can penetrate, but still cool stuff is brought to the surface, and more of history is revealed, and i think we will all love to see this used in some of the more interesting parts of the world like Egypt, South America and such, as they are allready doing.
www.spiegel.de...
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Archaeology is being revolutionized by remote-scanning techniques that use lasers to detect otherwise invisible ground features. The technology digitally extracts vegetation for a clean image of the earth's surface. Archaeologists in Germany have already discovered thousands of new sites.
The Boyne Valley in Ireland, for example, contains three prehistoric monuments that are part of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site . A team with the Irish research project "Discovery Programme" scanned the already heavily researched area with lasers, finding a number of small mounds, possible burial tombs and Stone Age earthworks. The map was practically filled with points of potential archaeological interest.
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A team with the Irish research project "Discovery Programme" scanned the already heavily researched area with lasers
finding a number of small mounds, possible burial sites and Stone Age earthworks. The map was practically filled with points of potential archaeological interest, shown here in red. The green dots indicate already known sites.
Some info on Google earth archeology, and some linky inside.
www.dailygalaxy.com...
archaeology.about.com...
edit on 11-8-2012 by Mianeye because: (no reason given)edit on 11-8-2012 by Mianeye because: Spelling and such
Originally posted by zarp3333
Thank you so much. This is precisely the kind of story that got me addicted to ATS. Well done. This may lead to the truth about Ireland being the cradle of civilization.
Originally posted by Qumulys
Very interesting! Can you imagine this tech in 10-20 years time? It will probably be able to spot unfound oil wells, perhaps gold rich lands which will be snapped up on the cheap because of insider information.
I want it! :