Welcome to the After-On Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Reed.

And this is a series of conversations with thinkers, founders, and scientists.

Take a little time and stretch out because these talks are unhurried and meant to bring

you to a top percentile understanding of something important.

So whether you're into startups or ideas, a techie or a lit major, take your time, engage

your mind, and you'll be glad you did it.

Especially this week, when we'll be talking to Sarah Parkack, one of the world's leading

space archaeologists.

And isn't that the best title ever?

Sarah's other titles include or have included Professor of Archaeology, Ted Fellow, National

Geographic Explorer, and National Geographic Fellow.

And what may be disappointing news for some folks, it was for me, I'll note that space

archaeologists don't dig up the sites of ancient civilizations on Mars, although Elon Musk

may fix that someday.

Rather, they use satellite imagery to discover, monitor, and learn more about ancient sites

on Earth.

And though space archaeology first emerged over 20 years before Sarah finished graduate

school, she's very much a pioneer of this field, which has made huge strides over the

past decade, as ever higher resolution images have become available at ever cheaper prices.

Sarah's work has pinpointed thousands of likely ancient sites, which were previously

unknown in Egypt alone.

And she may have taken us a giant step closer to locating one of the ancient world's

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