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	Archaeologists google an ancient find

pokkets

7-21-2008 3:44 AM

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pokkets says:

Some things are much easier to see from the air. It would be better than flying a plane over Afghanistan.

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7-21-2008 7:04 PM

syncopath

there were times where archeologists were usually digging in order to find, now, they can just surf ....

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