Spy satellite images lead archeologists to the site of a historic battle in Iraq
The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army ...
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Site of battle 1,400 years ago identified using old spy satellite images
The researchers were undertaking a remote sensing survey to map out the route of the Darb Zubaydah, a Hajj pilgrimage route ...
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US spy satellites uncover 7th-century battlefield that shaped Islam’s spread
In a historic discovery, US spy satellite imagery from the 1970s revealed the exact location of a decisive battle in the ...
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Site of ancient, key battle in Iraq found by archeologists using spy satellite images
A joint team of archeologists from the U.K.'s Durham University and the University of Al-Qadisiyah stumbled across the site while undertaking a remote sensing survey to map the Darb Zubaydah, a ...