What good are space satellites? Other than beaming in 300 channels of entertainment (when will there be a 24-hour Lady Gaga channel? You know it's coming soon), they can also find really old buried stuff in Egypt. Like, for example, 17 pyramids, 1,000 or so tombs, and over 3,000 settlements.
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Because of inexhaustible interest in ancient Egypt and the relative ease of finding dense bricks in a sandy desert (from space!), this seems an obvious use for this kind of high-tech scavenger hunt. But here's my question: if we can find old and hidden buildings from space, what else should they be looking for? Don't you dare say Atlantis.
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