17 lost pyramids found by satellite

Amazing. There are still things to discover in Egypt, one of the most-studied countries on earth. From the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8535571/17-lost-pyramids-found-by-satellite.html

 Seventeen lost pyramids and more than 1,000 tombs have been found in a new satellite survey of Egypt.

Two new finds are at Saqqara, an older but lesser known pyramid site than Giza Photo: REUTERS

By Rob Crilly 1:43PM BST 25 May 2011

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Scientists at the University of Alabama also found 3,000 ancient settlements using a new technique of infra-red imaging.

The astonishing results have been confirmed by archaeologists with picks and shovels, who have located two of the pyramids found from space...