The Dmanisis Gora site is 40 times larger than originally believed, offering new insights into ancient settlement patterns and interactions.

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Drone mapping unveils 3,000-year-old fortress, reshaping ancient history

A Cranfield University, UK, academic has used drone mapping to investigate a 3,000-year-old 'mega fortress' in the Caucasus mountains.

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A new drone survey has revealed that a 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus Mountains is almost 40 times larger than archaeologists thought, reshaping their perception…More...

Μια νέα έρευνα με drone αποκάλυψε ότι ένα οχυρό ηλικίας 3.000 ετών στα βουνά του Καυκάσου είναι σχεδόν 40 φορές μεγαλύτερο από ό,τι πίστευαν οι αρχαιολόγοι, αναδιαμορφώνοντας την αντίληψή τους…Περισσότερα...

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A 3,000-year-old "megafortress" revealed by drone in the Caucasus - Composite of 11,000 photos

A groundbreaking discovery has been made in the Caucasus Mountains where an ancient Bronze Age settlement, Dmanisis Gora, has been mapped using drone technology. This site, believed to be over 3,000 years old, reveals new insights into the evolution of large-scale settlements during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. Spanning an area far larger than initially expected, the research offers a fresh perspective on ancient urbanism and interact…

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Drone mapping reveals ancient settlement in the Caucasus Mountains

A sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress offers tantalizing clues about a culture that once dotted the southern Caucasus mountains with similar walled communities. Archaeologists recently used a drone to map a sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Georgia. The detailed aerial map offers some tantalizing clues about the ancient culture whose people built hundreds of similar fortresses in a mountainous region that span…

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Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia

Drone photographs taken of a 3,000-year-old “mega fortress” nestled deep in the Caucasus Mountains reveal the settlement is actually 40 times larger than archaeologists once thought. New aerial images of the Dmanisis Gora settlement, located in present-day Georgia, show a large land area well guarded by steep gorges and plastered with various stone structures and field systems. Though the structure’s inner fortress has been well-documented for s…

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Drone reveals ancient fortress is 40x larger than archaeologists once thought

Researchers have long known about the formidable scale of the Dmanisis Gora fortress, but a recent study has unveiled its true magnitude. Using drone-based imagery and photogrammetry, a team of scientists has revealed that this 3,000-year-old structure in the Caucasus Mountains spans an astonishing 60 to 80 hectares. A cultural crossroads The South Caucasus is […]

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Drones Helps Researchers Uncover a Lost Mega-Fortress in Georgia

The site turned out to be 40 times bigger than previously thought.

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3,000-Year-Old Mountain “Mega Fortress” With Mysterious Function Perplexes Archaeologists

There is a 3,000-year-old fortified settlement on a high plateau in the southern Caucasus Mountains known as Dmanisis Gore. Located within the borders of the Republic of Georgia, Dmanisis Gore has long been considered an important Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age settlement, one of the first of its kind in this part of Eurasia. But until just recently, some of the most fascinating facts about Dmanisis Gore remained unknown From ground level archae…

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SCIENCE & TECH: Drone Reveals Shockingly Huge Size of 3,000-Year-Old Caucasus Settlement – U-S-NEWS.COM

What was not possible from the ground, researchers have achieved from the air: They discovered various secrets of a mega-fortress in the Caucasus. The article Drones reveal secrets of a huge fortress from the Bronze Age first appeared on ingenieur.de - job exchange and news portal for engineers.

Was vom Boden aus nicht möglich war, haben Forschende aus der Luft geschafft: Sie entdeckten verschiedene Geheimnisse einer Mega-Festung im Kaukasus. Der Beitrag Drohnen lüften Geheimnisse einer riesigen Festung aus der Bronzezeit erschien zuerst auf ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.

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Drones reveal secrets of a huge Bronze Age fortress

A Cranfield University academic has used drone mapping to investigate a 3000-year-old ‘mega fortress’ in the Caucasus mountains.

Drone Mapping Reveals Massive 3,000-Year-Old Fortress in Caucasus Mountains

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