Egypt discovered 17 underground pyramid

WASHINGTON (AP 26) American archaeologists using satellite infrared images, found buried under the ground in Egypt more than 1,000 buildings and 3,000 settlements, including 17 previously unknown pyramid, which confirmed the initial excavation of the pyramid, Block 2, the exact Location.

Paka Ke University of Alabama at NASA (NASA)-sponsored archaeological research Birmingham laboratory space, the use of an altitude of 700 km from the surface uptake of satellite images, search for ancient monuments. Satellite powerful, less than 1 meter in diameter can identify objects on the ground, and infrared identification of objects below the surface.

The ancient Egyptians to mud brick for building materials, the density of mud-brick around the earth more than the high, it is easy to distinguish in satellite images. Satellite as a new tool for archeology. Paka Ke archaeological pioneer in space. She said: "The archaeologists excavated the pyramid is all a dream. "She recently visited the Egyptian city of Saqqara pyramid field work involved in mining. The local government does not believe the original ancient pyramid buried in the ground, Block 2, the initial excavation confirmed the existence of the pyramid. Local authorities now believe that this may be the Egyptian has always been one of the most important archaeological sites.

Paka Ke especially excited discovery of Tanis, where 3,000 years ago unearthed in a house, building the profile and satellite images exactly. BBC to follow Paka Ke Sha Kala archaeological trip to Egypt to shoot, "Egypt's Lost City " documentary. Paka Ke believes that only a fraction of the current archaeological discoveries, only scratched the surface of shallow buried in the ancient ruins, thousands of sites covered by the Nile mud.