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Monday, April 18, 2011

Spy satellites watch ancient ruins - USATODAY.com

Spy satellites watch ancient ruins - USATODAY.com: "Everything from laser mapping to radioactive dating has been added to the spadework that once defined archaeology. One that might make the most difference?

Spy satellites.

'The ability to survey substantial amounts of remote structures from space is immensely appealing,' said Stony Brook University archaeologist Elizabeth Stone, at the recent Society for American Archaeology meeting in Sacramento. 'Entire, unsuspected building sites can suddenly be seen,' Stone said, displaying new views of Iraq's 3000 B.C. city of Kish, (' the first city founded after the Flood,' basically the Sumerian version of Noah's flood in cuneiform records) at the meeting."

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