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Archaeology from Afar in Uzbekistan

Archaeologists used satellite imagery to find new sites in the ancient region of Bactria.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Adam Voiland, with information from Franz T. Fürsich, Petra Tuŝlová, and Ladislav Stančo.

Published August 21, 2018
Data acquired June 27, 2018

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Space Shuttle > SRTM