Top 93 Quotes by Sarah Parcak

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These are some quotes by American author Sarah Parcak Scientist.

If you look at the Nile on a map of Egypt, you don't think it has moved very much, but the river is very violent and has moved over time.

If you look at the Nile on a map of Egypt, you don't think it has moved very much, but the river is very violent and has moved over time.

Sarah Parcak

It's both Indiana Jones and 'National Geographic' that inspired me to be an Egyptologist.

It's both Indiana Jones and 'National Geographic' that inspired me to be an Egyptologist.

Sarah Parcak

Discoveries aren't made by one person exploring by themselves. And discoveries aren't made overnight. People don't see the thousands of hours that go into it.

Discoveries aren't made by one person exploring by themselves. And discoveries aren't made overnight. People don't see the thousands of hours that go into it.

Sarah Parcak

I played varsity soccer at Yale and continued playing at Cambridge.

I played varsity soccer at Yale and continued playing at Cambridge.

Sarah Parcak

How do you find a buried city in a vast landscape? Finding it randomly would be the equivalent of locating a needle in a haystack, blindfolded, wearing baseball mitts.

How do you find a buried city in a vast landscape? Finding it randomly would be the equivalent of locating a needle in a haystack, blindfolded, wearing baseball mitts.

Sarah Parcak

We want to excite the world about what's out there. But we don't want them to say, 'Oh, there are lots of sites in Egypt - let's loot.'

We want to excite the world about what's out there. But we don't want them to say, 'Oh, there are lots of sites in Egypt - let's loot.'

Sarah Parcak

You can theorize as much as you want about what you think you're seeing, but until you get out there and dig, you can't tell exactly what it is.

You can theorize as much as you want about what you think you're seeing, but until you get out there and dig, you can't tell exactly what it is.

Sarah Parcak

I already find pyramids from space. Is there anything cooler than that?

I already find pyramids from space. Is there anything cooler than that?

Sarah Parcak

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 as soon as people were buried, but the problem is only getting worse and worse.

Sarah Parcak

There's always a little jump to your heart when you realize you've got looting.

There's always a little jump to your heart when you realize you've got looting.

Sarah Parcak

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