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Almost two thousand potential archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia have been discovered from an office chair in Perth, Australia, thanks to high-resolution satellite images from Google Earth.

David Kennedy from the University of Western Australia scanned 1,240 km2 in Saudi Arabia using Google Earth. He found 1,977 potential archaeological sites, including 1,082 "pendants" -- ancient tombs made of stone.

According to Kennedy, aerial photography of Saudi Arabia is not made available to most archaeologists, and it is difficult, if not impossible, to fly over the nation. "But, Google Earth can outflank them," he says.


http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/02/giant-archaeological-trove-fou.html
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