Declassified 1970s-era US spy satellite images have led archaeologists to the site of a historic battlefield that ended in a bloodbath 1,400 years ago in . with historical text of the Battle of al-Qadisiyah, finding the location in about 20 miles south of Kufa in the Najaf Governorate.A six-foot-long structure was observed in the black-and-white photos, matching ancient accounts that led researchers to uncovering a deep trench, two fortresses and an ancient river that was once crossed by a elephant-mounted Persian troop.
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