The ruins of Resafa in Syria. (Credit: Vyacheslav Argen/Creative Commons)
Captured by American satellites during the Cold War, previously unseen images of 396 Roman forts are now accessible to researchers. These photographs were taken as part of the Corona and Hexagon programs, which conducted aerial surveillance of the Soviet Union, China and other regions from June 1959 to May 1986. The initiative was overseen by the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Directorate of Science and Technology, with support from the U.S. Air Force.The high-resolution images are remarkably precise, enabling specialists to geolocate each Roman fort, many of which are situated in remote desert regions of the Middle East, including Syria and Iraq. Some are even located in active military zones that remain off-limits to researchers.In a study published by Antiquity and highlighted by Space.com and The Guardian, Jesse Casana, a...
Captured by American satellites during the Cold War, previously unseen images of 396 Roman forts are now accessible to researchers. These photographs were taken as part of the Corona and Hexagon programs, which conducted aerial surveillance of the Soviet Union, China and other regions from June 1959 to May 1986. The initiative was overseen by the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Directorate of Science and Technology, with support from the U.S. Air Force.The high-resolution images are remarkably precise, enabling specialists to geolocate each Roman fort, many of which are situated in remote desert regions of the Middle East, including Syria and Iraq. Some are even located in active military zones that remain off-limits to researchers.In a study published by Antiquity and highlighted by Space.com and The Guardian, Jesse Casana, a...
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