"Space Archeology" Uncovers Lost Pyramids 156
krou writes "A new technique dubbed 'space archeology' using satellites and infra-red imaging has helped uncover 17 new pyramids in Egypt, as well as some 1,000 tombs, and 3,000 ancient settlements. The mud bricks used to build Egyptian structures means it has a different density to the surrounding soil, and thus shows up in the images. Dr Sarah Parcak, who pioneered the technique, said that 'Indiana Jones is old school, we've moved on from Indy, sorry Harrison Ford.'"
goodbye-mr.-jones dept (Score:4, Funny)
should be goodbye-dr.-jones dept
Re:goodbye-mr.-jones dept (Score:4, Funny)
should be goodbye-dr.-jones dept
He belongs in a museum.
Re:goodbye-mr.-jones dept (Score:4, Funny)
If anything this is another instance of life imitating art, even if it is some of the most atrocious "art" you've ever had the misfortune to witness.
kali ma... kali ma!!! ....KALI MA!!!!!!! (Score:3, Funny)
She won't be so smug when Mola Ram is trying to rip her heart out or she awakens Imhotep and people like Indiana Jones and Rick O'Connell have been put out of a job.
Re:New? Hardly. (Score:2, Funny)
Sure-fire recipe for a snarky Slashdot reply: if it's successful work building on previous accomplishments, say "huh, that's not new, she's just repeating what someone else did". If it's groundbreaking work previously unachieved by anyone else, say "huh, that's just ivory-tower tinkering, nobody's replicated it and it'll never work in the real world".
Other people have pointed that out in a much better way.
(You knew that was coming, right?)
Re:New? Hardly. (Score:1, Funny)
oh my bad. i went off on her in my response........
but she still a bitch!