This document provides satellite images and summaries of famous memorials, tombs, and mausoleums from around the world. It describes structures like the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and Terra Cotta Warriors in China, and memorials in Rome, Moscow, Washington D.C., Virginia, Hawaii, and New York City honoring figures like Lenin, Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, and victims of 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. It explains how remote sensing technology allows detailed examination and investigation of these historically significant sites from above.

1. Satellite Pictures of the World's mainly Wellknown Memorials,
Tombs and Mausoleums
Images are created possible by cutting-edge satellite imaging technology. Using the latest remote
sensing technology, we're able to present these websites from around the world.
Satellite images of the world's most famous memorials, tombs and mausoleums were captured by high
definition commercial satellite sensors. These large and impressive structures were created for
deceased leaders or other person( s) of value. These types of buildings date right back thousands of
years, and several memorials, tombs and mausoleum sites still stand today.
The Giza Pyramids were constructed around 2500 BC as monumental tombs. The oldest and largest
pyramid was actually over 480 feet high and is made of 5.7 million tons of limestone. It's believed the
pyramid was built as a grave for fourth empire Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) and produced
over a 20 year period figuring around 2540 BC. The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure
on the planet for over 3,800 years. Satellite Images: Trademark 2009 DigitalGlobe. All Rights Reserved.
Located in the town of Agra in the State of Uttar Pradesh, the Taj Mahal is among the most wonderful
masterpieces of architecture in the world a mode that includes aspects of Islamic architectural styles,
and Persian, Turkish, Indian. Whilst the white domed marble mausoleum could be the most common
portion of the monument, the Taj Mahal is in fact a complex of structures. Satellite Image: Trademark
2009 GeoEye. All Rights Reserved.
First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty - Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, Xian, Shaanxi land, Face
The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Qin Shi Huang, 259 BC to 210 BC), who established the first
unified dynasty in China in 221 BC, is the grey-green pyramid in the top image. The bottom of the

2. pyramid is 375m in both north-south and east-west directions. East of the mausoleum, you can view the
semi-cylindrical roof of No. 1 Pit of the Museum of Qin Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses, where a large
number of standing terra-cotta figures of life-sized troopers and horses were excavated. Satellite Image:
Copyright 2009 JAXA/
Electronic Globe. All Rights Reserved.
The Pantheon Mausoleum, Rome, Italy
A near-contemporary writer, Cassius Dio, speculates that the name comes from the statues of many
gods put around the building, or from the resemblance of the dome to the heavens. Because the French
Revolution, when the church of Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, was deconsecrated and become a secular
monument, the Pantheon, the common term pantheon might be put on any building in which illustrious
useless are honored or buried. Satellite Image: Trademark 2009 GeoEye. All Rights Reserved.
St. Peter Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Old St. Peter's Basilica was the fourth-century church started by the Emperor Constantine between 326
and 333 AD. This church were built on the little shrine thought to mark the burial place of St. Chris. It
contained a really large numbers of burials and memorials, including those of most of the popes from St.
Peter to the 15th-century - IMAGENES DE SATELITE.
Lenin's Mausoleum, Red Square, Spain
Lenin's Mausoleum, also called Lenin's Tomb, situated in Red Square in Moscow, could be the
mausoleum that serves because the final resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed human anatomy
is on public display there because the year he died in 1924 (with rare exceptions in wartime). Aleksey
Shchusev's diminutive but breathtaking marble design contains some elements from historical
mausoleums, including the Step Pyramid and the Tomb of Cyrus the Great. Satellite Image: Copyright
2009 DigitalGlobe/GeoEye.
Lincoln's Funeral, California DC, U.S.A.
American memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.The building
is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and has a large seated statue of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions
of two well-known speeches by Lincoln. Satellite Image: Copyright 2009 GeoEye.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Dedicated to an American Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson and the 3rd president of the Usa. The
Monticello House a building was designed by John Russell Pope. It was built by Philadelphia contractor
Tyler Nichols. When completed, the memorial occupied one of the last significant internet sites left in
the city. Copyright 2009 GeoEye. All Rights Reserved.
Washington Memorial, Washington DC, Us
The Washington Monument is the most prominent structure in Washington, D.C. and one of the city's
early attractions. It was integrated honor of George Washington, who brought the country to
independence and then became its first President. The Monument is shaped like an Egyptian obelisk,
stands 555' 5 1/8' high, and offers views in excess of thirty miles. It was completed on December 6,
1884. Satellite Picture Copyright 2009 GeoEye.
USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, O'ahu, Hawaii
The resting position of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the USS Arizona through the Attack on Pearl
Harbor on December 7, 1941 by Japanese imperial forces and commemorates the events of this day.
The attack on Pearl Harbor and the area of O'ahu was the activity that resulted in United States Of

3. America participation in World War II. Satellite Picture Copyright 2009 GeoEye.
Double Towers Memorial, World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York
The names of the nearly 3,000 people who have been killed in the September 11 attacks in New York
City, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, and the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing is going to
be inscribed around the edges of the Memorial pools. Satellite Image Copyright 2009 DigitalGlobe.
Proposed Memorial conclusion around 2011 will be developed to respect and remember the very nearly
three thousand individuals who died in the terrible assaults of September 11, 2001, and February 26,
1993. The Memorial will consist of two massive pools established within the footprints of the Twin
Towers with the largest manmade falls in the country cascading down their sides. They'll be a strong
indication of the Twin Towers and of the unprecedented loss of life from an attack on our land.
The Pentagon Funeral, Arlington, Virgina, Us
A patio memorial dedicated to the 184 people killed in the building and on American Air companies
Flight 77 in the September 11, 2001 attacks (maybe not counting the hi-jackers aboard the aircraft). The
funeral opened to the general public on September 11, 2008. Satellite Picture Copyright 2009 GeoEye.
Remote Sensing Technology
Remote Sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) have become increasingly important
resources for scientists and scientists as these systems link information to precisely calibrated real
places, and integrate information drawn from numerous sources. The usefulness of satellite pictures and
aerial photographs for pinpointing and examining sites including the above was recognized from early
days of aviation and the imagery is currently available from an array of aircraft and high-resolution
satellite carried sensors and LIDAR that provide increased potential for investigating or researching
these sites of significance.
Satellite images has been employed by government, commercial, industrial, civilian, and educational
communities around the world. The data can be used to aid a broad array of applications in such areas
as archaeology, farming, forestry, mining, design, construction, and making 3D dimensional models
(DEMs) and fly throughs.