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Saturday, December 31, 2005

Aerial photographers map archaeological sites

In Gerster's recent book, "The Past From Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites" (J. Paul Getty Museum), places we've seen a thousand times in pictures from ground level take on a whole new meaning. His photographs dramatize the scale of ancient structures and show them, as if for the first time, in relation to their surroundings.
Prof. Hex at 2:08 PM
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