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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #39344 Archaeology
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Archaeology    is    a    messy    business.  There's    no    getting    away    from    it;    digging    holes    in    the    ground    is    an    part    of    archaeological    work.    But    there    is    a    new    way    to    search    without    a    shovel.    Satellite    images    are    now    used    to    identify  buried    objects    in    landscapes    with    astonishing    precision.  In    the    same    way    that    medical    let    doctors    examine    parts    of    the    body    they    couldn't    otherwise    see,    satellite    images    help    scientists    find    and    map    long-lost    rivers,    roads    and    cities,    and    make    archaeological    features    in    places    which    are    very    difficult    to    survey    from    the    ground.    'There's    much    we    miss    on    the    ground,'    emphasises    archaeologist    Sarah    Parcak,    a    pioneer  in    using    satellite    imagery.    Through    'thousands    of    hours'    of    trial    and    Parcak    has    developed    techniques    using    satellite    imagery    which    allow    her    to    detect    changes    in    the    surface    of    the    land    caused    by    objects    like    bricks    buried    underground.    In    2011,    her    team    discovered    evidence    of    hundreds    of    dwellings    at    the    3,000    year    old    city    of    Tanis    near    the    River    Nile    delta    in    Egypt.    This    might    have    taken    a    century    using    traditional    methods.    

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