Dan Snow's History Hit Podcast Episodes featuring Sarah Parcak

The Future of Archaeology and Egyptology with Professor Sarah Parcak

Dan Snow's History Hit - July 23, 2019 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings
Sarah Parcak talks to Dan about how advances in technology have enabled us to discover far more historical sites than we believed ever existed. She talks about drones and satellites and how they can read topography and vegetation to give us all new pictures of the world beneath our feet, and dis...

Crowd Sourcing Archaeology From Space with Sarah Parcak

Dan Snow's History Hit - January 30, 2017 21:42 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings
Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace is an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and remote sensing expert, who has used satellite imaging to identify potential archaeological sites in Egypt, Rome, and elsewhere in the former Roman Empire. She is the associate professor of Anthropology and director of th...

Vikings Uncovered: Part Four with Sarah Parcak

Dan Snow's History Hit - April 04, 2016 04:45 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings
Sarah Parcak is 2016 TED Prize winner, Space archaeologist, Professor, scientist, Egyptologist, TED Senior Fellow, and National Geographic Fellow. This is the final of the 4 part series timed to coincide with the upcoming broadcast of 'The Vikings Uncovered' on BBC1 and PBS. Follow the hashtag...