Declassified spy satellite images reveal 400 Roman Empire forts in the Middle East

[Admin]

The Ancient Romans constructed hundreds of forts near their eastern borders in modern-day Syria and Iraq. Declassified spy satellite imagery spotted the forts and may shed light on the battlements' purpose.

Declassified spy satellite images reveal 400 Roman Empire forts in the Middle East : Read more

 

[Classical Motion]

Can you imagine the logistics and communications required for such a system. And the cost.

 

[Blue Max]

How do I become part of this effort? I was a CIA Imagery Analyst using those film-return systems in the late 1970s.

 

[billslugg]

"...lead author Jesse Casana, a professor of anthropology focusing on the Middle East at New Hampshire's Dartmouth College."