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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Menelaos Hadjicostis

MYSTERIOUS: The search for cyprus missing goes high tech as time weighs on loved ones waiting for closure | Mind Blowing Facts

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A bright yellow machine resembling a cross between a vacuum cleaner and a small scooter scrapes a narrow village road in Cyprus, working to solve a painful mystery from the the divided island nation's conflict-ridden past.

It uses radio waves to detect any disturbances in the layers of soil under the asphalt — potential evidence that could support eyewitness accounts of a mass grave containing remains of people who vanished nearly a half-century ago.

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