Geologists are measuring bullet damage to ancient Middle Eastern settlements

In 2015, Lisa Mol stared at a series of satellite images, distraught. The before-and-after pictures showed how the Islamist terrorist group ISIS had damaged the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra with explosives and bulldozers. An oasis in the desert, Palmyra had been a cultural meeting place in the first and second centuries AD, and contained the fingerprints of many civilizations.

Nature 564, 18-19 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07320-1

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