Sentences with phrase «map ancient sites»

Efforts to map ancient sites from satellite imagery are revealing never - before known archaeological sites, which may lead to a «no - strike list» for combatants

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For example, at an ancestral Pueblo settlement in Blue J, N.M, the researchers were able to map detailed architectural plans of a dozen ancient house compounds — a discovery enabled by the site's optimal conditions, the soil matrix, low density ground cover, and the environmental conditions at the time of the aerial thermography.

Guidebook in the car, map pre-marked in yellow our day trip target Clonmacnoise, one of Ireland's most significant ancient monastic sites not far from Shannon Bridge and the edgy, earth - friendly sculpture park at Lough Boora.

Jordan is a journey through religious and ancient history: from Mount Nebo, burial site of Moses, from where he viewed the «Promised Land» to Bethany, baptism site of Jesus on the river Jordan; from Madaba's mosaic map of ancient Palestine to Jerash, best preserved Roman city of the Decapolis and known as «Pompeii of the East»; from the evocative Desert Castles of the Umayyad caliphs, used as a refuge by T.E. Lawrence to the Crusader castle of Kerak on the King's Highway.

Thomas More Travel offers an afternoon trip to Chichen Itza on Tuesdays, which includes a guided tour of the archaeological site, a light dinner and a return to the ancient city in the evening to see the Kukulcan Nights 3D video mapping show.