![]() ![]() Much to the chagrin of readers who initially might mistakenly think the same, Parcak debunks false perceptions of her profession. The explanation she received after further inquiry was that the insurance team mistakenly believed she would be travelling into space to look down to ancient ruins from the physical satellites. In another segment, Parcak humorously recounts how she received an unrealistically high quotation for travel insurance before a summer she was due to spend at an excavation site. I am not making that term up," she writes early in the book, anticipating the s cepticism or misconceptions she imagines laypeople might have when attempting to understand her work.Īrchaeology From Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past by Sarah Parcak. ![]() "I'm part of a relatively new specialism called space archaeology. Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past is a well-written, engaging gem of a book that invites even the most casual readers to understand pioneering Egyptologist Sarah Parcak's revolutionary work. ![]()
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