Tracking Down Antiquities Looters From Space

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"Sarah Parcak, an anthropologist at the University of Alabama and a National Geographic fellow, calls what she does “space archaeology.”

“We are at a tipping point right now, with conflict in the Middle East, with climate change and polluting and looting, where antiquities are really threatened. … If we don’t protect these sites, some of them are going to be gone.”

“But we are also at a tipping point where we have all these incredible technologies” she continued. “And we can use them” to identify sites and track looters."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...mepage%2Fstory

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Thanks, Olden. Saw something about this yesterday. Pretty cool stuff. I wasn't able to click on the article link with any of my browsers. Here's the article I saw yesterday...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/travel/space-archaeologist-unlocks-secrets/

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Thanks for the link Charlie. Yep, interesting stuff - as great as these new technologys are, it's a shame that they're having to be used in the context of a 'hurry up before it's destroyed' basis though..

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Thanks for the link Charlie. Yep, interesting stuff - as great as these new technologys are, it's a shame that they're having to be used in the context of a 'hurry up before it's destroyed' basis though..

Yeah, the destruction of history at the hands of mindless fanatics is tragic. Infuriating. And very sad.

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Everyone is a looter I dont care who or what you are.even the intelligent life in the future will be looters.if you leave things alone you wont be a looter.