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Women of Influence: UAB space archeoligist Sarah Parcak

Staff Writer May 2, 2018

“Sharing knowledge is the greatest of all callings. There’s nothing like it in the land.” University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor of anthropology Sarah Parcak told this ancient Egyptian quote to a crowd of listeners during a 2012 TED talk (which has since been viewed over 1 million times) on her work to detect hidden archaeological sites with satellites and Infra-red technology, also known as “space archeology,” and Parcak does just that. Parcak was born in Bangor, Maine, earned her bachelor’s degree in near Eastern languages and civilizations at Yale University in 2001, and her Master’s and Ph.D in Egyptian archaeology from Trinity College at Cambridge. From there, she taught Egyptian art

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Alabama’s Sarah Parcak among 100 leading Global Thinkers

Elizabeth Patton December 19, 2016

Alabama’s Sarah Parcak, Ph.D. — an archaeologist and associate professor in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences Department of Anthropology — is among this year’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers selected by Foreign Policy magazine. Every year the magazine recognizes the world’s pre-eminent thought leaders and public intellectuals in its annual issue “100 Leading Global Thinkers.” Honorees are selected by the magazine’s editors based on their standout contributions over the past year and ability to translate ideas into action that change and shape the world. They are organized into nine categories — decision-makers, challengers, innovators, advocates, artists, healers, stewards, chroniclers and moguls. Parcak can be found among the innovators. “Like never before,

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UAB space archaeologist Sarah Parcak on a mission to unearth Peru’s lost civilizations

Elizabeth Patton August 17, 2016

World-renowned “space archaeologist” and UAB professor Sarah Parcak is mission-focused: to find hundreds of thousands of lost, ancient sites buried beneath the earth before looters do. No easy feat, Parcak, the 2016 TED Prize winner — a highly-coveted $1 million grant that is awarded annually to one exceptional individual whose creative, bold vision sparks global change — will use her winnings to create an online tool that will train and enlist an army of volunteers across the globe to aid in her quest. Parcak announced the platform, Global Xplorer, at the recent TED Summit in Canada. There, she explained the  platform will partner with DigitalGlobe and National Geographic, also working closely with UNESCO, and will allow anyone to help discover

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UAB professor, archaeologist Sarah Parcak win $1M Ted Talk prize

Elizabeth Patton November 10, 2015

Billed as a modern world “Indiana Jones,” the renowned archaeologist specialist in Egyptology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Sarah Parcak was announced Monday as the 2016 TED Prize winner. The highly-coveted $1 million grant is awarded annually to just one exceptional individual whose creative, bold vision sparks global change. Parcak plans to use prize money in saving archaeological sites in the Middle East. “The last four and half years have been horrific for archaeology. I’ve spent a lot of time, as have many of my colleagues, looking at the destruction,” Parcak said accepting the prize. “This Prize is not about me. It’s about our field. It’s about the thousands

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