US Spy Satellite Imagery Helps Archaeologists Find Ancient Battlefield
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/north%20view%20along%20trench.jpg?itok=T_mI1M16"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/north%20view%20along%20trench.jpg?itok=T_mI1M16" width="610" height="343" alt="North view of battle site" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>With the help of declassified images collected by United States spy satellites, a team of researchers from Durham University in the United Kingdom and the University of al-Qadisiyyah in Iraq have identified the site of one of the most important battles in the history of the Islamic world.</p>
<p>Based on a careful analysis of this satellite data, the researchers believe that the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, which took place around the year 636, was fought approximately 19 miles (31 km) south of Kufa, in Iraq's Najaf governorate.</p>
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