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Locating Jacob Gens : A Subsurface Geophysical Investigation in Rasu Prison, Vilnius, Lithuania
(2018-04-24)
Jacob Gens, a Lithuanian Jewish army officer who held senior leadership positions in the Vilnius Ghetto was shot by the Nazis and buried with his journals within the courtyard of Rasu Prison, Vilnius, Lithuania. The objective ...
Medvegalis : A GPR Study of the Medieval Hillfort in Lithuania
(2018-02-05)
Located on the western border of the Baltic state of Lithuania, Medvėgalis was one of the strongest and most important Middle Age hillforts in the region. First mentioned in written text in 1316, Medvėgalis served as a ...
A Ground Penetrating Radar Investigation of Archaeological Sites in Varniai Regional Park, Northwestern Lithuania
(2018-02-23)
The Varniai Regional Park, located in Northwestern Lithuania, is considered a hub of Mesolithic and Neolithic Baltic culture and contains many sites of importance to Lithuanian history. In July of 2016, non-invasive ...
Subsurface Imaging of Past Shorelines of Lake Michigan at Manistique, Michigan
(2018-04-12)
Lake Michigan has experienced water level fluctuations since its formation
14,000 years ago. These fluctuations have formed a set of visible sand ridges parallel with the current Lake Michigan shoreline and can be seen ...
Ground Penetrating Radar Provides Evidence for the Previously Unrecognized Danaher Channel near Seney, MI
(2018-04-24)
It is common belief that glacial meltwater from Lake Superior flowed to the Atlantic Ocean through a northeasterly channel before the Sault Ste. Marie channel existed. However, recent geomorphological evaluations of Upper ...
Identifying the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Vilnius, Lithuania
(2018-02-20)
Since 1957, the remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Vilnius, Lithuania have been hidden under an elementary school. An international team of scientists used ground penetrating radar (GPR) to identify the buried ...
Discovering a Holocaust Era Escape Tunnel : GPR Investigation at Ponar, Lithuania
(2018-02-05)
Over 100,000 individuals were killed in Ponar Forest, Lithuania from 1941-1944. Eighty Jewish prisoners forced to burn the bodies of the victims were held in the forest for roughly a year. In an attempt to escape, they dug ...
Ground Penetrating Radar as a Method for Archaeological Investigation : Rhodes, Greece
(2018-02-06)
Rhodes, Greece is widely known for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World. A portion of the island, The Medieval Old Town of
the City of Rhodes, was declared a World Heritage Site due to ...
Nazi Mass Execution Trenches at Fort IX, Kaunas Lithuania
(2018-04)
Shortly after the Nazi occupation of Lithuania in June of 1941, they began to round up the country’s Jewish population as
part of the Nazi’s “Final Solution”. At Fort IX as many as 45,000 Jews and Communists were killed ...
Ground Penetrating Radar Investigation of a Mass Grave and Malina Entrance at the HKP Site, Vilnius, Lithuania
(2018-04)
Major Karl Plague was a German officer during World War Two responsible for
saving 250 Jewish forced labor workers at HKP 562 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The 750
other workers were captured and killed by Nazi SS members on ...