Robotic sensing

Archeologists in Mexico have discovered a huge, lost Mayan city, which they named Valeriana, hidden deep in the southern jungle of Campeche, a sprawling, urban settlement, replete with architectural marvels and agricultural infrastructure.

Archaeologists have discovered the largest and oldest network of pre-Hispanic cities ever found in the Amazon rainforest, revealing a 2,500-year-old lost civilization of farmers.

The vast site, which covers more than 1,000 square kilometers, was long hidden by the jungle in the Upano valley on the foothills of the Andes mountain range in eastern Ecuador.

The suburban hilltop forest of Seich Sou in Thessaloniki will by October 4 have three lidar systems: optical radars produced by Raymetrics, a firm that makes sensors for remote meteorological parameter monitoring.

Slovenian archaeologist Ivan Šprajc has played a key role in a groundbreaking study on the Maya calendar in which researchers found that the Mayan timekeeping system is hundreds of years older than previous research indicated and might have been used as far back as 1100 BC.

Click and gape at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims praying and circling around the cube-shaped Kaaba at Islam's most sacred site. Or strap on a headset and enter the holy city of Jerusalem.

Nova Gorica – Researchers from the University of Nova Gorica, from Haze Instruments, and extreme pilot Matevž Lenarčič, will take part in a European Space Agency (ESA) project in Cape Verde later this month. The project aims to study the accuracy of satellite measurements and the use of these measurements in models of the Earth’s atmosphere.

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Be virtually transported to Jerusalem and discover the fascinating history of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in an immersive 3-D experience unlike anything you’ve seen in a museum before. You will be able to virtually visit the church and learn about its storied history and enduring mysteries.

Danish archaeologists have discovered a fort of Vikings built in the late 10th century in Borgring, south of Stockholm, according to Science Magazine.
 
The unusual architecture of the fort shows that the Vikings were not primitive robbers and pirates but technologically advanced people.
 

Archeology has been changing over the last decade through a quiet revolution that allows archeologists to see through the ground without digging. Here are just some techniques that allow archeologists to explore sites without damaging the artifacts:

President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) Marius-Ioan Piso said in an interview with AGERPRES that as far as homegrown space science education is concerned the real "issue is to determine people build a career in the long-term, a career that might not be very spectacular in the beginning, but which could lead in the long run to some serious achievements."