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CIA satellite images shows Roman forts in Syria and Iraq

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Archaeologists have discovered “massive” ancient Roman forts that redraw the borders of the ancient empire using images from a declassified satellite spying program of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


 

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“We show that the forts form a roughly east-west line following the margins of the inland desert, connecting Mosul on the Tigris River in the east with Aleppo in western Syria,” the archeologists write in the paper.

 

 

https://arkeonews.net/declassified-cia-satellite-spy-program-reveals-lost-ancient-roman-forts/

 

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/wall-or-a-road-a-remote-sensingbased-investigation-of-fortifications-on-romes-eastern-frontier/8FE59FB0D5476EA329614EEC6DC414FD

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Here is a good video on the find. (English subtitles are available):

 

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