Background
Parcak was born in Bangor, Maine, and received her bachelor"s degree in Egyptology and Archaeological Studies from Yale University in 2001 and her Doctor of Philosophy from Cambridge University.
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Sarah Parcak
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Education
Parcak was born in Bangor, Maine, and received her bachelor"s degree in Egyptology and Archaeological Studies from Yale University in 2001 and her Doctor of Philosophy from Cambridge University. She is an associate professor of Anthropology in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Prior to that she was a teacher of Egyptian art and history at the University of Wales, Swansea.
Career
She is the associate professor of Anthropology and director of the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. From 2003 to 2004, Parcak used a combination of satellite imaging analysis and surface surveys to search for 132 potential sites of archaeological interest, some dating back to 3,000 British Columbia
They have used several types of satellite imagery to look for water sources and possible archaeological sites. According to Parcak, this approach reduces the time and cost for determining archaeological sites compared to surface detection.
In 2007 she founded the Laboratory for Global Health Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In May 2011 the British Broadcasting Corporation aired a documentary, Egypt"s Lost Cities, describing British Broadcasting Corporation-sponsored research carried out by Parcak"s UAB team for over a year using infra-red satellite imaging from commercial and National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellites. The programme discussed the research and showed Parcak in Egypt looking for physical evidence.
The UAB team announced that they had discovered 17 pyramids, more than 1,000 tombs and 3,000 ancient settlements outside Sa el-Hagar, Egypt. The Minister of State for Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, commented that the sites had not yet been checked and verified by his ministry.
As of 2015, none of the pyramids or tombs claimed to have been discovered were verified.
In May 2012 she was the subject of a half-hour program on Cable News Network"s The Next List which profiles innovators "who are setting trends and making strides in various fields."
She was the focus of "Rome"s Lost Empire", a television documentary by Dan Snow, first shown on British Broadcasting Corporation One on 9 December 2012. She prospectively identified several significant sites in Romania, Nabataea, Tunisia, and Italy, including the arena at Portus, the lighthouse and a canal to Rome beside the river Tiber.
