S2 Ep 10 - Future Tech Uncovers the Past
Xploration Earth 2050
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Future tech is allowing us to look into the ancient past like never before. Host Chuck Pell sees how archeologists are using satellite imaging and 3D sensing to map ancient native American cities. Anthropologists use new techniques to get prehistoric bones to yield information about our shared heritage. And an English king is identified after lying buried under a parking lot for 500 years
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