The very cool Indiana Jones map has gotten me in an archaeology/adventure frame of mind. This next blog post is meant to feed into that desire. Be sure to listen to the Indiana Jones theme song while reading it...
Do you want to do actual geography and archaeology from your computer? Do you want to be part of an adventure to locate a lost tomb of the founder of the largest empire the Earth has ever seen? If you do, then sign up for National Geographic's Valley of the Khan's Project! National Geographic is having users tag images of the earth to tag features, both human and natural, in order to help identifying promising sites which match potential descriptions of the location Genghis Khan's tomb. (Hat tip: iRevolution)
This remote sensing opportunity will not end with you fighting Nazis, looting ancient treasures, and getting the girl. However, it will give you bragging rights allowing to state you helped National Geographic in the search for the lost tomb of Genghis Khan.
Do you want to do actual geography and archaeology from your computer? Do you want to be part of an adventure to locate a lost tomb of the founder of the largest empire the Earth has ever seen? If you do, then sign up for National Geographic's Valley of the Khan's Project! National Geographic is having users tag images of the earth to tag features, both human and natural, in order to help identifying promising sites which match potential descriptions of the location Genghis Khan's tomb. (Hat tip: iRevolution)
This remote sensing opportunity will not end with you fighting Nazis, looting ancient treasures, and getting the girl. However, it will give you bragging rights allowing to state you helped National Geographic in the search for the lost tomb of Genghis Khan.
2 comments:
Fun!
Indiana Jones has influenced so many of us.
I've worked at digs where, when we first uncover something exciting, the volunteer start humming the theme song.
Dina,
Ha! I did not do that at the dig I worked at in northern Wisconsin. I guess Wisconsin lacks the archaeological mystic that the Holy Land has. I can't imagine Indy battling Nazis over 170 year old plates that were thrown into the town trash dump.
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