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sugarplumbuttfluck t1_iwnjsw8 wrote

Reply to comment by TrevorsMailbox in Hundreds of mummies and pyramid of an unknown queen unearthed near King Tut's tomb by IslandChillin

I'm going to sound really dumb here, but can't they do some sort of sonar locating of tombs? Like man there sure is a giant hole 5 ft under the surface over there maybe we should see what's in it?

Isn't this how stud finders work? Like finding the less dense areas?

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mouse_8b t1_iwnkrkv wrote

That's ground-penetrating radar. The trick is you have to scan the land before you know if something is there, and there's a lot of land.

Also I don't know the technical limitations of that kind of radar.

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sugarplumbuttfluck t1_iwnl6bj wrote

Yeah, I figured it was impractical since the image in my head was some giant space laser from the ISS scanning Egypt

Thank you for explaining though!

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TrevorsMailbox t1_iwoa16t wrote

There's a few ways to do it with GPR. Carry it on a back pack and hold a antenna pole while you walk. Planes/helicopters can use it, subs and rovs, and now remote control cars and drones.

We're getting smart about this stuff and it's opened up so much. Making maps of things we can't see like roads and trenches and tombs we never knew were even there.

Still have sooo much to scan but it's an exciting time for archaeology.

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