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5 April 2026 The Future is the Product of the Past

The possible location of Madinat Al-Zahira at the eastern end of Córdoba (to the west, Madinat Al-Zhara). Credit: Monterroso Checa, A. (2026) / Universidad de Córdoba

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Madinat al-Zāhira: The Enigmatic Palace-City Lost for 1,000 Years, Revealed by New LiDAR Evidence in Córdoba

14 January 2026

For more than a thousand years, the precise location of Madinat al-Zāhira, the enigmatic palace-city founded by Almanzor (al-Mansur Ibn...