OrangeSoul Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 While searching around his hometown in Google Earth, Luca Mori stumbled on what looked like the meanders of an ancient river. On the satellite image, it looks like ?prominent, oval, shaded form more than 500 metres long.?. However, his eye caught what he described as ?rectangular shadows?. He led further analysis only to convince himself that these shadows could be nothing else than a human construction. So he contacted archaeologists at the National Archaeological Museum of Parma and told them about his discovery. After a visit to the site, they confirmed that it was a roman villa. Now only a thorough dig will tell how important this discovery is. In the Google Maps satellite image, try to look for the dark patch in the center of your screen, it should be fairly obvious. In his blog, QuelliDellaBassa (in Italian, obviously), he describes his findings. He links a map of the surroundings with the actual Google Maps image. I picked up this story via Nature News, which is not a bad place to end up with a blog post! He even made it to Italian Television News. http://konquest.nomis80.org/roman-villa-di...ia-google-earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Ha!, cool (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 hey thats pretty cool, can anyone say time team? I expect they'll go and have a look ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Pretty cool find for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesleyT Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 nice, what you can discover with google earth, too bad you cant zoom much in europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiantly Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Stuff like this is bound to happen. The world is getting smaller and smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan_X Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 mmmm. I think I'm gonna use Google Earth to see if I can find the boxers I lost last month somewhere in the middle of forest near by my place... :blush: :ninja: :shifty: what I was doing there is none of your biz and don't bother to ask... :laugh: :rofl: :p ;) :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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