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title: "2 Across Quotes By Sarah Parcak"
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> [It's absolutely critical, you know, to train young men and women not just to find sites, but also to protect sites, especially in the wake of the Arab Spring. There's been significant site-looting in Egypt and elsewhere across the Middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/it-s-absolutely-critical-you-know-to-train-young-men-and-women-not/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/sarah-parcak-20915_absolutely_it-s-absolutely-critical-you-know-to-tra_1367032.jpg)

> [I predict that there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of undiscovered ancient sites across the globe. The only way to map them and locate them quickly is from satellites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/i-predict-that-there-are-hundreds-of-thousands-if-not-millions-of/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/sarah-parcak-20915_across_i-predict-that-there-are-hundreds-of-tho_2171731.jpg)

## Other authors on Across

## More by Sarah Parcak

> [If you really want to be a good archaeologist, you have to understand ancient DNA; you have to understand chemical analysis to figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/if-you-really-want-to-be-a-good-archaeologist-you-have-to-understand/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common heritage to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/we-ve-got-to-map-all-of-our-ancient-history-before-it-s-gone-because/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [When you think about the scale of human populations all over the world and the fact that there's so much here, really, the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/when-you-think-about-the-scale-of-human-populations-all-over-the/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [The only technology that can 'see' beneath the ground is radar imagery. But satellite imagery also allows scientists to map short- and long-term changes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/the-only-technology-that-can-see-beneath-the-ground-is-radar-imagery/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [You just pull back for hundreds of miles using the satellite imagery, and all of a sudden this invisible world become visible. You're actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/you-just-pull-back-for-hundreds-of-miles-using-the-satellite-imagery/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [I give my grandfather, Dr Harold Young, a forestry Professor at the University of Maine, full credit for my career path. He pioneered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/i-give-my-grandfather-dr-harold-young-a-forestry-professor-at-the/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [Before doing fieldwork in Middle Egypt, I analyzed satellite imagery to determine exactly where I wanted to go. Within three weeks, I found about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/before-doing-fieldwork-in-middle-egypt-i-analyzed-satellite-imagery/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> ['Satellite archaeology' refers to the use of NASA and commercial high resolution satellite datasets to map and discover past structures, cities, and geological features.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/satellite-archaeology-refers-to-the-use-of-nasa-and-commercial-high/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [It's absolutely critical, you know, to train young men and women not just to find sites, but also to protect sites, especially in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/it-s-absolutely-critical-you-know-to-train-young-men-and-women-not/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [Scientists use satellites to track weather, map ice sheet melting, detect diseases, show ecosystem change... the list goes on and on. I think nearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/scientists-use-satellites-to-track-weather-map-ice-sheet-melting/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [Archaeologists have used aerial photographs to map archaeological sites since the 1920s, while the use of infrared photography started in the 1960s, and satellite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/archaeologists-have-used-aerial-photographs-to-map-archaeological/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [What satellites help to show us is we've actually only found a fraction of a percent of ancient settlements and sites all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/what-satellites-help-to-show-us-is-we-ve-actually-only-found-a/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [Itjtawy was ancient Egypt's capital for over four hundred years, at a period of time called the Middle Kingdom about four thousand years ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/itjtawy-was-ancient-egypt-s-capital-for-over-four-hundred-years-at-a/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [Archaeologists gave the military the idea to use aerial photographs for spying and field survey. We are fortunate that the spatial and spectral resolutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/archaeologists-gave-the-military-the-idea-to-use-aerial-photographs/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

> [To excavate a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-parcak/to-excavate-a-pyramid-is-the-dream-of-every-archaeologist/)

[Sarah Parcak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-parcak/)

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