From recent satellite survey conducted in Egypt, found 17 missing pyramid and more than 1,000 ancient tombs and relics 3000.
Quoted from a BBC report, 26 May 2011, a survey carried out using infrared imagery from satellites to detect underground buildings. The research itself is conducted in a laboratory that is supported by NASA in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
Research utilizing satellite located at a distance of 700 kilometers from the Earth's surface that has a camera that is able to show exactly the objects on the earth with a size less than 1 meter. Infrared image was later discovered that there are a variety of different materials under the surface.
"To find and dig up the pyramid is a dream of every archaeologist," said Sarah Parcak, chairman of the research team at the BBC.
At the same time, quoted by the Associated Press reports, the Egyptian government re-opened graves of seven people, including those who serve the king Tutankhamen for tourists after the tomb was completely refurbished.
Egypt hopes that the graves in the New Kingdom Cemetery, South Saqqara will invite tourists to come to the region. As is known, Egypt tourism industry was devastated due to the uncertainty of revolution and political conditions that occur.
As evidence, according to reports, the number of tourists who come to the country dropped 46 percent in the first quarter of this year.
Return to the discovery of the missing pyramid 17, as a follow up of these findings, Parcak and a group of other research teams will investigate it and the initial findings will be published on May 30, 2011.
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