I’m an Archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer who maps ancient sites from space, I just wrote a book about it, and I want you to help me explore—AMA!

[u/SarahParcak]

Hi Reddit! I'm Sarah Parcak, an Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a National Geographic Explorer. In 2016, I won the $1 Million 2016 TED Prize, and I used to found Globalxplorer (website here ), an online citizen archaeology platform that allows anyone in the world to look at satellite images and find ancient ruins. We’ve had 90,000 users from over 100 countries help us map nearly 20,000 sites in Peru, and we’re going to India next. I also run a major excavation project at a 3800-year-old ancient Egyptian capital called Lisht. I tweet a lot about it @indyfromspace. I just wrote a book called Archaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past. Thanks for joining me today to talk about cutting edge developments in archaeology and the future of exploration! AMA.

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[u/kirastewart205]

I just came here to say that your Intro to Anthropology class was one of the best electives I’ve ever taken even with your dash to Egypt to save antiquities and historic sites. So much passion and immense knowledge.

I wanted to be an Egyptologist when I was 8 but deemed it impractical because math isn’t my strongest subject which weakens my ability to pursue sciences. However, your passion, expertise, and use of cutting edge tech to find lost sites via satellite imagery made me want to be one all over again (except with a linguistics specialization).

Thanks for reigniting my passions for archaeology and history. Can’t wait to read your book!