The priceless treasures of Syria’s history – of Crusader castles, ancient mosques and churches, Roman mosaics, the renowned “Dead Cities” of the north and museums stuffed with antiquities – have fallen prey to looters and destruction by armed rebels and government militias as fighting envelops the country.
Archaeological sites that currently take years to map will be completed in hours if tests underway in Peru of a new flying camera system being developed at Vanderbilt University go well.
