Episode 1151
Titans of Science: Sarah Parcak
Uncovering the secrets of Ancient Egypt with satellites...
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
May 13, 202530m 32s
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Show Notes
Sarah Parcak was born in Bangor, Maine on the 23rd of November 1978. She attended Bangor High School before reading Egyptology and Archaeology at Yale University. She then studied here in Cambridge under the supervision of the world-renowned Egyptologist Barry Kemp. After that, she was a teacher at Swansea University and then also at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.She pioneered the use of tech to advance archaeology, including the use of detailed satellite images, which has earned her the nickname "The Space Archaeologist". Sarah's discovered literally thousands of forgotten... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
Sarah Parcakegyptologyarchaeologysatelliteimagingpotteryindiana jonesBarry KempRaiders of the Lost Ark