When people initially think of the term 'space archaeologist,' they think, 'Oh, it's someone who uses satellites to look for alien settlements on Mars or in outer space,' but the opposite is true - we're actually looking for evidence of… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
We've found that patterns of site looting have increased between 500 and 1000 percent since the start of the Arab Spring. Now this is a problem as old as human beings. People were looting tombs 5,000 years ago in Egypt… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
If you really want to be a good archaeologist, you have to understand ancient DNA; you have to understand chemical analysis to figure out… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
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… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
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… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
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… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
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… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
I give my grandfather, Dr Harold Young, a forestry Professor at the University of Maine, full credit for my career path. He pioneered the… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
Before doing fieldwork in Middle Egypt, I analyzed satellite imagery to determine exactly where I wanted to go. Within three weeks, I found about… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
'Satellite archaeology' refers to the use of NASA and commercial high resolution satellite datasets to map and discover past structures, cities, and geological features. — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
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… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
Scientists use satellites to track weather, map ice sheet melting, detect diseases, show ecosystem change... the list goes on and on. I think nearly… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
Archaeologists have used aerial photographs to map archaeological sites since the 1920s, while the use of infrared photography started in the 1960s, and satellite… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
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… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
