To rapidly map regions in fine detail, researchers need national but not necessarily local permission to carry out an aerial scan. It's similar to how Google can map your home without your consent.

The lidar method for aerial archaeology identifies human-modified landscapes. Detection of a massive urban settlement on a mountainous Uzbekistan site challenges preconceptions about medieval ...

“Archaeology is about facts….Forget any ideas you’ve got about lost cities, exotic travel and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot.” – Dr.

Since its foundation in 2010, the Vienna-based Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology (LBI ArchPro) has been investigating the Kreuttal, an area located 25 ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...

For centuries, vast and intricate patterns etched into the earth have baffled archaeologists, but now, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to crack one of archaeology’s greatest puzzles. Working ...

Gordon Stirling Maxwell, archaeologist and aerial photographer. Born: 21 March 1938 in Edinburgh. Died: 19 November 2024, aged 86 Gordon Maxwell was a pioneer in the development of aerial ...