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 egyptmapmove Change image and share on social
It's both Indiana Jones and 'National Geographic' that inspired me to be an Egyptologist. Sarah Parcak egyptologistgeographicindiana Change image and share on social
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 discoveryexplorehour Change image and share on social
I played varsity soccer at Yale and continued playing at Cambridge. Sarah Parcak cambridgecontinueplay Change image and share on social
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 baseballblindfoldbury Change image and share on social
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 egyptexciteloot Change image and share on social
I can't tell you the number of times I've been walking over an archaeological site. And you can't see anything on the ground, and pull back hundreds of miles in space, and all of a sudden you can see streets and roads and houses and even pyramids. Sarah Parcak archaeologicalbackgrind share on social
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 digtheorize Change image and share on social
I already find pyramids from space. Is there anything cooler than that? Sarah Parcak coolfindpyramid Change image and share on social
Before doing fieldwork in Middle Egypt, I analyzed satellite imagery to determine exactly where I wanted to go. Within three weeks, I found about 70 sites. If I had approached this as a traditional foot survey, it would have taken me three and a half years. Sarah Parcak analyzeapproachdetermine share on social
