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Topic started on 28-10-2009 @ 01:54 AM by Blackmarketeer
Army to map Iraq's ancient cities

Geospatial: Mapping Iraq's Ancient Cities

According to the article, a "Multi-National Corps-Iraq C-7" is creating an extensive map of Iraqi sites for the benefit of the army and the Iraqi government to avoid their possible destruction as they build new bases or expand existing ones.

"Back in June, one of the engineers working on future operations wanted to see all the archeological sites in Iraq," Peters recalled. "Everybody knows this is the cradle of civilization.

There's Babylon, Ur, some pretty famous archeological sites in Iraq."

As bases were closed and troops withdrew from cities, the existing bases need to expand, without infringing on historical sites.

"We need the Iraqi government's permission to expand a camp to house relocated troops," Peters explained. "The government, for a number of reasons, might say no. One of those reasons might be the presence of archeological sites in the area."


One can imagine how much history has already been lost to the war, or to Hussein's regime. The article mentions that they used an Arizona State University project that claimed there were approximately 12,000 sites to be mapped, yet when they began this project the "official" Iraqi map from the Iraq director of Antiquities has a scant 270 locations pinpointed. Alas, poor Sumer!

Rogers used a digital copy of a 1961 map of Iraq created by the Iraq director of Antiquities and, through a process called rubber sheeting, assigned geographic coordinates to the map. There were 270 different rock monuments, cultural and historical sites.


At least now, according to the article, the Army officially recognizes 800 sites that are near enough to military bases that may be affected by any expansion activities.

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