I am one of many people documenting damage and looting at ancient sites from space - it is such a crucial tool. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes ancient crucial damage
In archaeology, context is everything. Objects allow us to reconstruct the past. Taking artifacts from a temple or an ancient private house is like emptying out a time capsule. Sarah Parcak ancientarchaeologyartifact Change image and share on social
I've found numerous things - settlements, temples, possible pyramids, forts, roads - the list goes on and on. I'm not as interested in the discoveries as the types of questions they help us formulate. Sarah Parcak discoveryfindformulate Change image and share on social
Scientists use satellites to track weather, map ice sheet melting, detect diseases, show ecosystem change... the list goes on and on. I think nearly every scientific field benefits or could benefit from satellite imagery analysis. Sarah Parcak analysisbenefitchange share on social
Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome. Michael Mandelbaum ancientcontestcontrol Change image and share on social
We discovered a mechanism which is like the garbage machine of the body. We need to remove damaged proteins and create new ones in their place, and we discovered the machine that does this. Aaron Ciechanover bodycreatedamage Change image and share on social
Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school. John Knowles attendclassconceivably Change image and share on social