Ancient Egyptian City Spotted From Space


	Ancient Egyptian City Spotted From Space

maccise

6-5-2007 6:04 PM

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egypt, ancient, space, image, photo, temple, satellite, quickbird

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6-5-2007 6:45 PM

BitDrifter

Great clip, thanks.

6-5-2007 6:55 PM

skwirlinator

Thats cool!

6-5-2007 7:45 PM

skwirlinator

Our space-eyed view is opening discoveries all over the globe. Soon we will be able to pierce the jungle with special vision that may open some mysteries of the aztecs and incas

6-6-2007 11:57 PM

The REAL Napster

As long as they don't find a pyramid buried under the ice sheets, 1/2 mile down, I'm all for it.

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