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Did Google spot new Egyptian pyramids?

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Google Earth Anomalies has reported that two unidentified sites that appear to hold pyramids have been found in Egypt using Google Earth. Satellite archaeology researcher Angela Micol found the sites using Google’s popular program, Google Earth, which allows users to see images of Earth from satellites orbiting in space. Micol found two separate sites in Egypt that have a similar appearance to other famous pyramid sites throughout the country.

The first site holds four structures, one large and three small. The large structure, which is estimated to be 140 feet in width, has been reported to have a four-sided, truncated, pyramid-like shape. The other three structures create a diagonal shape leading to the large structure, much like the Giza Plateau pyramids.

The second site contains two mounds located near a large, triangular plateau. The larger mound is roughly 250 feet in width and the smaller one is about 100 feet in width. Micol proposed that these mounds could have been deliberately organized in a triangular shape around the plateau.

The sites Micol discovered have officially been declared undiscovered by an Egyptologist. It is believed that Egyptologists will soon try to verify Micol’s findings by visiting the sites and conducting further research. “The images speak for themselves,” Micol said. “It’s very obvious what the sites may contain, but field research is needed to verify they are, in fact, pyramids.” If the sites turn out to hold pyramids, Micol said a lot of research would need to be done in order to determine their origins and history.

This is not the first time Micol has found potential ancient sites using satellite technology and Google Earth. She has previously found many archeological sites all over the world, including a possible underwater city near the Yucatan peninsula, which has gained a lot of interest from researchers. Micol said she hopes to work with archeologists on the sites she discovered using this new technology. “This research is the frontier of discovery and it’s just beginning to advance views of our ancient past,” she said.

For now, Micol is focusing on promoting satellite research as a legitimate way to discover new historical sites. She is currently working on a documentary detailing many of the sites discovered using Google Earth and a non-profit organization that encourages the use of satellites for archeological research purposes.

Most of the information on sites found by satellite is not available to the public in order to allow officials to protect the site. However, a select few pictures can be seen online.

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17 responses to “Did Google spot new Egyptian pyramids?”

  1. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
    Omeriko Omeriko

    Some pyramids can be located in the British, French or German museums… I was amazed to see how much ancient art and even parts of buildings the French and the British stole and put in London or Paris. 

    Huge Assyrian relievs from Iraq, for instance, are being displayed in the British museum. Many parts of the Partenon of Athens are also located there. I assume the worth of all the art pieces that were stollen (or bought for ridiculous prices) by the British, French, Dutch, Belgians, Spaniards and others in colonial times may reach tens of billions of $. 

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      The question is whether they were ‘stolen’ or ‘preserved’, Omeriko.

      Some societies seem to have a greater interest than others in knowing the history of human development on the planet, and I would dare to say that the value of the preservation of history is more than the monetary prices set by sellers of pieces from robbed gravesites.

      In fact, most of those huge ‘pieces’ would not exist today if explorers for museums had not brought them back. The usual grave-robbers seek only the gold and other things humans consider ‘precious’ like gem-stones, and destroy history to find those things easily carried away. Modern pollution is dissolving the marble of the Greek sculptures, and water dissolves everything. We should be thankful that some of ‘us’ have considered all of the ‘finds’ to be valuable for our knowledge, and taken them to safe places.

      After a couple of hundred years of individuals or smaller ‘groups’ exploring for these things, Archeology has expanded greatly as a somewhat viable career – such is the interest in it now – and you may view teams of students digging in places for fragments of bones or pottery as much as for gold masks or sculpture.

      Of course, (and not even mentioning Taliban who blow up history) there are still humans who don’t give a damn for real history and steal from modern museums (eg. Irag or Egypt recently) simply because they know others will pay to have objects returned …or because the price of gold now is worth more than the ‘art’ it was formed into by someone 4000 years ago. Good thing for us that ‘the west’ got into the business of making those museums where history can be seen by EVERYONE for a small fee … and that during times of war those ‘treasures’ were carefully protected – not for the value of those ‘billions’ you think they are worth, but for the history and knowledge they impart.

      1. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
        Omeriko Omeriko

        I admit – your reply is beautifuly written, well based and very convincing. I thank you for this reply. 

        It is true that the British for instance saved much of ancient Greece history from the ignorant Ottomans in the 19th century, and so did Heinrich Schlieman who discovered ancient Troy in a place called “Tell Hissarlik” in modern Turkey. It is also true that some religious extrimists have destroyed ancient remnants, including lately muslim graves in Timbuktu or even Shiite ancient mosques in Iraq. 

        Actually the British saved Jerusalem from Ottoman and Arab hundreds of years of negligence, and from Jewish Zionist rush to build fast in modern Bau-Haus architecture style (or even Soviet style) in the 1920th-1940th. They decided that every new building project in Jerusalem has to be built according to ancient stone tradition with stones of Jerusalem to preserve the historic nature of the city. I thank them for that.

        So maybe you’re right.

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Thanks Omeriko … although you sound a little ‘tongue-in-cheek’ with that word ‘maybe’ at end. 😉
          It is worth also mentioning that, more in recent times, some of those ‘collections’ by museums have been shared around the world’s museums for the sake of people who cannot travel to all the museums of the world to view them and have only relied on pictures and books for the information. It’s nice that you have been able to view some in person.

      2. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
        Omeriko Omeriko

        I admit – your reply is beautifuly written, well based and very convincing. I thank you for this reply. 

        It is true that the British for instance saved much of ancient Greece history from the ignorant Ottomans in the 19th century, and so did Heinrich Schlieman who discovered ancient Troy in a place called “Tell Hissarlik” in modern Turkey. It is also true that some religious extrimists have destroyed ancient remnants, including lately muslim graves in Timbuktu or even Shiite ancient mosques in Iraq. 

        Actually the British saved Jerusalem from Ottoman and Arab hundreds of years of negligence, and from Jewish Zionist rush to build fast in modern Bau-Haus architecture style (or even Soviet style) in the 1920th-1940th. They decided that every new building project in Jerusalem has to be built according to ancient stone tradition with stones of Jerusalem to preserve the historic nature of the city. I thank them for that.

        So maybe you’re right.

      3. Salim George Khalaf Avatar
        Salim George Khalaf

         It is useful to mention that the Baghdad museum was looted and destroyed during the US invasion; however, in Lebanon Emire (Price) Maurice Shehab, with his wife and secretary, managed to save the treasures of the Lebanese National Museum by moving the precious treasures and artifacts to the basement of the museum and encasing them in reinforced cement.  This saved them during the many years of the Lebanese war 70’s-90’s.  Such are the great men of history not Alexander the Great or Peter the Great…etc.

        1. Constantin7 Avatar
          Constantin7

          Talking about Lebanese archeological treasures, I visited few years back the Archeological Museum of Istanbul and saw 6 roman tombs very well decorated with many scenes of life carved on the stone coffins and when I read the details as where these coffins were found, there were found in the region of Sidon in Lebanon. The Ottomans stole them and they are on display in this Turkish museum. I felt sad and “robbed” from my heritage. The Lebanese governement should claim these treasures back, as they were not given voluntarily to the Turks but were taken by force.

      4. Salim George Khalaf Avatar
        Salim George Khalaf

         It is useful to mention that the Baghdad museum was looted and destroyed during the US invasion; however, in Lebanon Emire (Price) Maurice Shehab, with his wife and secretary, managed to save the treasures of the Lebanese National Museum by moving the precious treasures and artifacts to the basement of the museum and encasing them in reinforced cement.  This saved them during the many years of the Lebanese war 70’s-90’s.  Such are the great men of history not Alexander the Great or Peter the Great…etc.

  2. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
    Omeriko Omeriko

    Some pyramids can be located in the British, French or German museums… I was amazed to see how much ancient art and even parts of buildings the French and the British stole and put in London or Paris. 

    Huge Assyrian relievs from Iraq, for instance, are being displayed in the British museum. Many parts of the Partenon of Athens are also located there. I assume the worth of all the art pieces that were stollen (or bought for ridiculous prices) by the British, French, Dutch, Belgians, Spaniards and others in colonial times may reach tens of billions of $. 

  3. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
    Omeriko Omeriko

    Some pyramids can be located in the British, French or German museums… I was amazed to see how much ancient art and even parts of buildings the French and the British stole and put in London or Paris. 

    Huge Assyrian relievs from Iraq, for instance, are being displayed in the British museum. Many parts of the Partenon of Athens are also located there. I assume the worth of all the art pieces that were stollen (or bought for ridiculous prices) by the British, French, Dutch, Belgians, Spaniards and others in colonial times may reach tens of billions of $. 

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      The question is whether they were ‘stolen’ or ‘preserved’, Omeriko.

      Some societies seem to have a greater interest than others in knowing the history of human development on the planet, and I would dare to say that the value of the preservation of history is more than the monetary prices set by sellers of pieces from robbed gravesites.

      In fact, most of those huge ‘pieces’ would not exist today if explorers for museums had not brought them back. The usual grave-robbers seek only the gold and other things humans consider ‘precious’ like gem-stones, and destroy history to find those things easily carried away. Modern pollution is dissolving the marble of the Greek sculptures, and water dissolves everything. We should be thankful that some of ‘us’ have considered all of the ‘finds’ to be valuable for our knowledge, and taken them to safe places.

      After a couple of hundred years of individuals or smaller ‘groups’ exploring for these things, Archeology has expanded greatly as a somewhat viable career – such is the interest in it now – and you may view teams of students digging in places for fragments of bones or pottery as much as for gold masks or sculpture.

      Of course, (and not even mentioning Taliban who blow up history) there are still humans who don’t give a damn for real history and steal from modern museums (eg. Irag or Egypt recently) simply because they know others will pay to have objects returned …or because the price of gold now is worth more than the ‘art’ it was formed into by someone 4000 years ago. Good thing for us that ‘the west’ got into the business of making those museums where history can be seen by EVERYONE for a small fee … and that during times of war those ‘treasures’ were carefully protected – not for the value of those ‘billions’ you think they are worth, but for the history and knowledge they impart.

      1. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
        Omeriko Omeriko

        I admit – your reply is beautifuly written, well based and very convincing. I thank you for this reply. 

        It is true that the British for instance saved much of ancient Greece history from the ignorant Ottomans in the 19th century, and so did Heinrich Schlieman who discovered ancient Troy in a place called “Tell Hissarlik” in modern Turkey. It is also true that some religious extrimists have destroyed ancient remnants, including lately muslim graves in Timbuktu or even Shiite ancient mosques in Iraq. 

        Actually the British saved Jerusalem from Ottoman and Arab hundreds of years of negligence, and from Jewish Zionist rush to build fast in modern Bau-Haus architecture style (or even Soviet style) in the 1920th-1940th. They decided that every new building project in Jerusalem has to be built according to ancient stone tradition with stones of Jerusalem to preserve the historic nature of the city. I thank them for that.

        So maybe you’re right.

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Thanks Omeriko … although you sound a little ‘tongue-in-cheek’ with that word ‘maybe’ at end. 😉
          It is worth also mentioning that, more in recent times, some of those ‘collections’ by museums have been shared around the world’s museums for the sake of people who cannot travel to all the museums of the world to view them and have only relied on pictures and books for the information. It’s nice that you have been able to view some in person.

      2. Salim George Khalaf Avatar
        Salim George Khalaf

         It is useful to mention that the Baghdad museum was looted and destroyed during the US invasion; however, in Lebanon Emire (Price) Maurice Shehab, with his wife and secretary, managed to save the treasures of the Lebanese National Museum by moving the precious treasures and artifacts to the basement of the museum and encasing them in reinforced cement.  This saved them during the many years of the Lebanese war 70’s-90’s.  Such are the great men of history not Alexander the Great or Peter the Great…etc.

        1. Constantin7 Avatar
          Constantin7

          Talking about Lebanese archeological treasures, I visited few years back the Archeological Museum of Istanbul and saw 6 roman tombs very well decorated with many scenes of life carved on the stone coffins and when I read the details as where these coffins were found, there were found in the region of Sidon in Lebanon. The Ottomans stole them and they are on display in this Turkish museum. I felt sad and “robbed” from my heritage. The Lebanese governement should claim these treasures back, as they were not given voluntarily to the Turks but were taken by force.

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Let’s not give ‘Google’ praise for the technology that put a satellite and cameras in space.

  5. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Let’s not give ‘Google’ praise for the technology that put a satellite and cameras in space.

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