Speakers Sarah Parcak: Space archaeologist, TED Fellow
Sarah Parcak uses satellite imagery to discover ancient, previously unknown archeological sites.
Why you should listen to her:
Sarah Parcak is an archaeologist and Egyptologist, and specializes in making the invisible past visible using 21st-century satellite technology. She co-directs the Survey and Excavation Projects in the Fayoum, Sinai, and Egypt's East Delta with her husband, Dr. Greg Mumford. Parcak is the author of Satellite Remote Sensing for Archaeology, the first methods book on satellite archaeology, and her work has seeded several TV documentaries. She founded and directs the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Quotes by Sarah Parcak
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“Coring [in Egypt is] like ice coring, but instead of layers of climate change, you're looking for layers of human occupation.”
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Sarah Parcak: Archeology from space
- 05:20 Posted: Jun 2012
Sarah Parcak on the Web
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