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Posted On: December 4th 2025, 10:35 pm
"Freshmen never get accepted." That's what my professor warned me when I applied for the Student Poster Showcase.
Yet, I pushed past the doubt. The reward? The honor of being the ONLY first year student and the ONLY Anthropology major presenting.
For my topic, I chose the topic: Re-discovering the Lost Kingdom of Punt; how modern technology is archaeology.
Punt was a very important trading partner for Egypt many many centuries ago. They were known for their enormous wealth and generosity.
Not only that, Punt has the oldest recorded successful expedition of transferring foreign flora to another country. A feat deemed impossible for the world during BCE.
Punt went from being a notorious trading partner and now? A myth. A legend. We are still picking up crumbs to find it's location.
Is LiDar our answer? LiDar has two types. Airborne and Terrestrial. Airborne LiDar is mounted on an airplane/Drone and laser pulses are shot down. Terrestrial LiDar is often set up on a tripod.
Airborne LiDar helps us identify where larger structures or artifacts may be.
Terrestrial LiDar helps find smaller artifacts and render high resolution 3D images.
LiDar solves a lot of problems archeologists may face. Archeologists used to play a guessing game. Pick a spot, dig, and hope to find something. Now? We can pinpoint where things are.
Before, archeologists would spend decades or their entire career, looking for objects, for places. Now? We can find it much easier, in a span of months.
Before, environments and ecosystems were often damaged in the search for past artifacts. Now? We can dig safely while minimizing damage.
Plus, LiDar can detect trade routes, ports, etc. Is LiDar what we needed to finish the crossing line? And find this kingdom of wealth, hidden from human eye?
#historylovers #history #travel
Yet, I pushed past the doubt. The reward? The honor of being the ONLY first year student and the ONLY Anthropology major presenting.
For my topic, I chose the topic: Re-discovering the Lost Kingdom of Punt; how modern technology is archaeology.
Punt was a very important trading partner for Egypt many many centuries ago. They were known for their enormous wealth and generosity.
Not only that, Punt has the oldest recorded successful expedition of transferring foreign flora to another country. A feat deemed impossible for the world during BCE.
Punt went from being a notorious trading partner and now? A myth. A legend. We are still picking up crumbs to find it's location.
Is LiDar our answer? LiDar has two types. Airborne and Terrestrial. Airborne LiDar is mounted on an airplane/Drone and laser pulses are shot down. Terrestrial LiDar is often set up on a tripod.
Airborne LiDar helps us identify where larger structures or artifacts may be.
Terrestrial LiDar helps find smaller artifacts and render high resolution 3D images.
LiDar solves a lot of problems archeologists may face. Archeologists used to play a guessing game. Pick a spot, dig, and hope to find something. Now? We can pinpoint where things are.
Before, archeologists would spend decades or their entire career, looking for objects, for places. Now? We can find it much easier, in a span of months.
Before, environments and ecosystems were often damaged in the search for past artifacts. Now? We can dig safely while minimizing damage.
Plus, LiDar can detect trade routes, ports, etc. Is LiDar what we needed to finish the crossing line? And find this kingdom of wealth, hidden from human eye?
#historylovers #history #travel
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