Faszination Luftbildarchäologie

Archaeology from lofty heights: discovering the past from an aeroplane

See the world as a bird sees it! This is not just an age-old dream of mankind - the bird's eye view can also provide many other surprising insights. Archaeologists fly over landscapes in small aeroplanes and make visible in their aerial photographs what remains hidden from the ground: archaeological remains, abandoned places, the remains of early buildings and burial sites. These spectacular images show the present and past world at the same time. Baoquan Song and Klaus Leidorf combine fascinating images with in-depth expertise and open up a new perspective on the past in 'The Fascination of Aerial Archaeology - A Bird's Eye View of the World'!

• Aerial photographs show history in fascinating photos: present and past in one picture

• Exciting archaeological research material with a special aesthetic appeal

• From infrared images to airborne laser scanning: what technical possibilities do aerial images offer for finding archaeological traces?

From a Celtic oppidum in Bavaria to ancient kilns in Japan - the secrets that can be uncovered using aerial images

After 'Luftbildarchäologie - Archäologische Spurensuche aus der Luft', the second book by Baoquan Song and Klaus Leidorf now follows. The authors are aerial archaeologists and single-handed pilots: while piloting their aircraft, they photograph the earth from Germany to Italy and China. In this book, they provide an insight into the various projects of their career, from flights with aerial photography pioneer Otto Braasch over Germany to the first documentation of hilltop settlements and burial mounds in Georgia.

Let yourself be infected by the fascination for aerial archaeology and discover a completely new perspective on the world and the past that has shaped it in this impressive illustrated book!