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    Sarah Parcak: How Can Satellite Images Unlock Secrets To Our Hidden Past?

    by NPR/TED STAFF Jun 26, 2020 2 minutes
    TED2016 TED Prize winner Sarah Parcak speaks at TED2016.

    Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode TED Radio Wow-er

    There may be hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of undiscovered ancient sites. Sarah Parcak wants to locate them — from space.

    About Sarah Parcak

    Sarah Parcak is a space archaeologist, who uses satellite images to locate hidden ancient sites around the world, such as ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and more. Since winning the 2016 TED Prize, she launched an online crowdsourcing archaeology platform called GlobalXPlorer.

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