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Succeeding CORONA: Declassified HEXAGON Intelligence Imagery for Archaeological and Historical Research

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Over the past 25 years, CORONA satellite imagery has become an integral part of archaeological research, especially for arid, sparsely vegetated regions such as the Middle East. Since 2020, a new...

CORONA Photography

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December 1967 CORONA satellite photograph.

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Declassified spy photos in the NYT

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Great story in the NYT on the use of declassified CORONA satellite photographs in environmental research.

Archaeological Applications of Declassified Satellite Photographs

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In 1995, President Clinton declassified 800,000 photographs from CORONA, the United States’ first spy satellite program, in order to make them available for environmental and historical research. Subsequently, a further declassification has released...

Remote Sensing Projects

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The study of ancient settlements and landscapes is enhanced by a vertical perspective. All of my projects have employed various kinds of remote sensing sources: aerial photographs and satellite imagery, especially declassified US intelligence satellites...

CORONA Satellite Imagery and Ancient Near Eastern Landscapes

Book Chapter

CORONA Satellite Photography and Ancient Road Networks: A Northern Mesopotamian Case Study

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Spying on Las Vegas

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On Monday, Jason Ur gave a lecture at the University of Nevada Las Vegas University Forum entitled "Spying on Antiquity: Declassified US Intelligence Satellite Imagery and Near Eastern Archaeology." It included several CORONA spy satellite images of Las...

Mughan Steppe (Iran)

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Irrigation and Pastoralism on the Mughan Steppe, NW Iran (2005) The Mughan Steppe Archaeological Project investigated the massive irrigation and settlement system of the Sasanian era (dates) and the landscapes of the Shahsevan pastoral nomadic confederacy...

Succeeding CORONA: declassified HEXAGON intelligence imagery for archaeological and historical research

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Agricultural and Pastoral Landscapes in the Near East: Case Studies using CORONA Satellite Photography

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