The revolutionary work done by Sarah Parcak fascinated me right from the beginning.
Her approach to
archaeology is very unique since she uses NASA satellite images to find
hitherto hidden cities, harbors, monuments, tombs and other constructions. I
first saw her on TV as she disclosed how she was able to locate Portus, the extended
She has launched a new era of archaeology, called satellite archaeology. This method is particularly useful in finding ancient sites and buildings before looters do and destroy the precious remains.
So far, Sarah
Parcak has investigated
a wide range of places like
After being awarded the 2016 TEC Prize, she started building an online
tool called GlobalXplorer. This is a user-friendly program to which we all
can participate to locate our still hidden heritage and eventually protect it. Everybody
can contribute to creating a platform for archaeology by analyzing the
available satellite imagery. She is making her case in this YouTube presentation.
Just like with the GPR I discussed in my earlier blog From GPS to GPR. A new technology, who knows what surprises are still waiting for us to discover.
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