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by HenryBemis 604 days ago
I've been watching the Ancient Apocalypse (S2) on Netflix and I had similar thoughts on discoveries. With drones and lidars we can discover so many of these villages/towns/cities, but the challenge would be to actually send boots on the ground and excavate into getting meaningful data/findings.

At the same time, the baddies (grave robbers, looters, etc.) can use the same tech and beat us to the game.

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National Geographic even created a TV show 5-years ago specifically on this topic.

"Lost Cities with Albert Lin" (2019)

It's an 11-episode show where they use Lidar in each episode to find lost cities.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366494/

That drivel got a second season?
That you Flint?
Nobody has a more appropriate name than that man.