Ant - From the latest satellite survey conducted in Egypt, discovered 17 pyramids are missing and more than 1,000 ancient tombs and relics 3000.
Quoted from the BBC report, May 26, 2011, a survey carried out using infrared imagery from satellites to detect underground buildings. The study was conducted in a laboratory that is supported by NASA in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
Research utilizing satellite located at a distance of 700 kilometers from the Earth's surface that has a camera that is able to show exactly the object on the earth with a size less than 1 meter. Infrared images were then found a variety of different materials that exist below the surface.
"Finding and exploring a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist," said Sarah Parcak, lead researcher on the BBC.
At the same time, quoted by the Associated Press reports, the Egyptian government re-opened the graves of seven people, including those who serve the king Tuankhamen for tourists after the tomb was completely refurbished.
Egypt hopes that the tombs in New Kingdom Cemetery, South Saqqara will invite tourists to come to the region. As known, the Egyptian tourism industry was devastated as a result of the revolution and the political uncertainty that occurs.
As proof, according to reports, the number of tourists who come to the country fell 46 percent in the first quarter of this year.
Return to the discovery of 17 pyramids are missing, as a follow-up of the invention, Parcak and a group of other research teams will investigate it and the initial findings will be published on May 30, 2011.
Quoted from the BBC report, May 26, 2011, a survey carried out using infrared imagery from satellites to detect underground buildings. The study was conducted in a laboratory that is supported by NASA in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
Research utilizing satellite located at a distance of 700 kilometers from the Earth's surface that has a camera that is able to show exactly the object on the earth with a size less than 1 meter. Infrared images were then found a variety of different materials that exist below the surface.
"Finding and exploring a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist," said Sarah Parcak, lead researcher on the BBC.
At the same time, quoted by the Associated Press reports, the Egyptian government re-opened the graves of seven people, including those who serve the king Tuankhamen for tourists after the tomb was completely refurbished.
Egypt hopes that the tombs in New Kingdom Cemetery, South Saqqara will invite tourists to come to the region. As known, the Egyptian tourism industry was devastated as a result of the revolution and the political uncertainty that occurs.
As proof, according to reports, the number of tourists who come to the country fell 46 percent in the first quarter of this year.
Return to the discovery of 17 pyramids are missing, as a follow-up of the invention, Parcak and a group of other research teams will investigate it and the initial findings will be published on May 30, 2011.
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