Long Lost Ancient Persian Garden Uncovered Using Cold War Satellite Images

Long Lost Ancient Persian Garden Uncovered Using Cold War Satellite Images

The garden site visible on georectified RAF photograph. Credit: Michael George Fradley et al. / CC BY-NC 4.0 Researchers say a vast, long-forgotten landscape once shaped the southern edge of historic Tabriz, long before modern roads and apartment blocks transformed the area. By analyzing declassified military aerial photographs and Cold War–era satellite images, the research team has identified traces of what appears to be a lost massive Persian…