Research Article

Multitemporal High-Resolution Satellite Images for the Study and Monitoring of an Ancient Mesopotamian City and its Surrounding Landscape: The Case of Ur

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The hill of Ur in a Gambit KH-7 photograph taken in April 1966 and in a WorldView-1 image acquired in March 2008: A: the sacred area with the Ziggurat and the other main monuments; B: the North Harbour; C: the West Harbour, a depression that probably corresponds to an ancient channel. The arrows indicate traces and remains of the city walls.
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