Imagine finding the location of a historic battle hiding in plain sight.
Sounds like a movie, right?
Their findings were published in a study on November 12 in the journalAntiquity.
Close-up declassified spy satellite image of al-Qadisiyyah taken in 1974; the eroded mudbrick settlement and surrounding walls are visible.Image: US Geological Survey
The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah took place between Arab Muslims and the IranianSasanian Empirein the 630s CE.
Until recently, however, the exact location of this crucial battle was a mystery.
In other words, the sites were even clearer in the old satellite images.
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