Google Earth may be the reason for a great archaeological discovery in Egypt
ArabiaWeather.com - Satellite images captured by American archaeologist Angela Mekul recently spotted mysterious pyramid-like figures in Egypt's western desert, in what could be a significant discovery of long-lost pyramids.
Angela Micol, who discovered these objects using the Google Earth system during the year 2012, says that the ambiguity surrounding these objects that she noticed may have disappeared a little, after the initial excavation campaign, whose results appear to be positive.
The view as seen from Google Earth
The researcher added that the former Egyptian ambassador to an Arab country, Mr. Medhat Kamal Al-Qadi, had confirmed that he had a set of maps that prove the validity of the evidence released by the research, as he possesses a total of 34 maps and 12 documents written by old officials confirming these discoveries, and It's pyramids hidden under the sand.
The potential new archaeological site consists of a plateau three times as wide as the Great Pyramid of Giza, and if this discovery proves correct, this could be the largest pyramid in the world!
Maps and documents dating back to the eighteenth century confirm the existence of suspicions of pyramids in the same place indicated by the American archaeologist
After the potential discovery was brought to light, Angela received a lot of media attention, and a wide range of criticism.
Many well-known archaeologists have questioned the use of a tool such as Google Earth to explore the ruins, as they say they are most likely regular sandy deposits scattered in the Egyptian desert.
However, according to the ambassador and his wife, the objects observed in Fayoum, which are close to the Abu Sidhom area, were described as sites for the pyramids in many ancient documents and papers, as they provided 3 maps in particular, dating back to the year 1753, which are maps A rarity drawn by the engineers of Napoleon Bonaparte, indicating archaeological sites in the area that Angela spotted on Google Earth.
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