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Dr Sarah Parcak uses satellites to probe beneath the sands, where she has found cities, temples and pyramids. image courtesy BBC.

, US Egyptologist Dr Sarah Parcak has led a team of researchers that analysed infra-red images from satellites orbiting above Egypt. The cameras are so powerful they can pin-point objects less than 1 meter in diameter.

1,000 tombs, 3,000 ancient settlements and 17 pyramids

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An infra-red satellite survey finds a host of buildings buried by sand, including more than a thousand tombs.

Egyptologist finds seventeen pyramids

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