Sarah Parcak: ‘Imagine being able to zoom in from space to see a pottery shard!’

The space archaeologist on her GlobalXplorer project, deterring looters and what ancient Egypt reveals about our futureAmerican space archaeologist Sarah Parcak uses satellites orbiting high above the Earth to find clues about what is concealed beneath our feet. Her work has been the focus of BBC documentaries on Egypt, ancient Rome and the Vikings. In 2016 she won the $1m TED prize to build a website where anyone can help make discoveries using space archaeology. Now the professor at the Univer