Showing posts with label tomb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tomb. Show all posts

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Egypt's lost pyramids


Some of them, at least. This is the best archaeology story of the day - 17 pyramids found using satellite infra-red survey techniques. Over 3000 settlements and 1000 tombs were also detected. This is a much needed boost to the region's tourist industry. It also clearly demonstrates that there is still a vast amount of material left to be newly uncovered, even in such a well-studied and extensively excavated country.

Read the full story here