Author: Sarah Parcak

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A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology.

A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology.

- Sarah Parcak

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

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

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.

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

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