Detection of subsurface ancient Egyptian remains utilizing optical and microwave satellite data

Author

Etaya, Masahiro ; Sudo, Noboru ; Sakata, Toshibumi

Author_Institution

Res. & Inf. Center, Tokai Univ., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

6

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2480

Abstract

By the use of a wide variety of satellite data from both optical and microwave sensors, a total of three previously unknown remains of the Egyptian dynastic period were discovered in the desert area of the west bank of the Nile. The remains were pinpointed by KVR-1000, JERS-1/SAR, and SIR-C respectively. In consequence of this study, it can be concluded that a comprehensive analysis using both optical and L-band SAR satellite data provides a highly efficient subsurface archaeological survey in the desert of Egypt

Keywords

archaeology; buried object detection; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Africa; Egypt; L-band; Nile; SAR; ancient Egyptian remains; archaeological survey; archaeology; archeology; buried object detection; desert; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; microwave observations; optical method; radar remote sensing; remote sensing; subsurface; terrain mapping; west bank; Artificial satellites; Data analysis; Data mining; L-band; Microwave sensors; Optical sensors; Radar detection; Remote sensing; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.859613

Filename

859613