![]() ![]() ![]() “New satellite sensors and remote sensing technologies are transforming our understanding of ancient landscapes and archaeological sites across the globe,” write Parcak and Tuttle. Parcak, an Egyptologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and winner of the 2016 TED Prize, and Tuttle, Executive Director of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, tout the promise of ever-advancing technology in furthering archaeological research in their paper: ![]() In a new study published in the archaeology journal Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research ( BASOR), Parcak and Tuttle describe the discovery and mapping of the new Petra monument using Google Earth, satellite imagery, ground survey and drones. Photo: Markv’s image is licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0.Ī mysterious building more than twice the length of a tennis court and six times as wide has been “hiding in plain sight” at Petra in modern Jordan, say researchers Sarah Parcak and Christopher A. Al-Khazneh (“the Treasury”), one of Petra’s iconic monuments. ![]()
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