Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of ...

The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.

Upon analyzing the images, which were taken in 1973 by a U.S. satellite system named KH-9 (Hexagon), the team found remnants of a 1,400-year-old settlement. This helped them match the site to the ...

Researchers used declassified spy satellite images to pinpoint the historic Battle of al-Qadisiyyah ...

The location of a significant battle that took place nearly 1,400 years ago has been identified using declassified spy ...

Oluwa Forest Reserve, located in southwestern Nigeria, contains some of the last large swaths of old growth — also called ...

Archaeologists say they have found the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with ...

Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a 7th-century battle that became decisive in the spread of Islam ...

Before the Mayans dominated the Yucatan Peninsula, their predecessors constructed a network of fishing canals dating back ...

Initially, the team was mapping out the Darb Zubaydah pilgrimage route from Kufa in Iraq to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, using declassified spy satellite images from the 1970s and historical texts ...