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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Ancient & Medieval Battles => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on November 12, 2024, 06:49:14 AM

Title: Al-Qadisiyah battlesite...found?
Post by: Imperial Dave on November 12, 2024, 06:49:14 AM
https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-breakthrough-ancient-battle-site-discovered-declassified-spy-satellite-images

Not one's normal source of information....
Title: Re: Al-Qadisiyah battlesite...found?
Post by: DBS on November 12, 2024, 08:46:39 AM
Based on article for Antiquity, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/locating-alqadisiyyah-mapping-iraqs-most-famous-early-islamic-conquest-site/21B9442A0AF8C5AF41F67D7F270B0E34
Title: Re: Al-Qadisiyah battlesite...found?
Post by: Imperial Dave on November 12, 2024, 08:52:26 AM
A better source...
Title: Re: Al-Qadisiyah battlesite...found?
Post by: DBS on November 12, 2024, 11:30:47 AM
Interesting that it has come out of Durham - Emma Cunliffe there did fantastic work a decade ago on mapping the damage caused by Daesh when they started smashing up all the pre-Islamic monuments they could get their hands on when they rampaged across eastern Syria and northern Iraq.