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    60 Minute segment featuring Sarah Parcak, the archaeologist who revolutionized the discipline using satellite imagery. You may recall she and her team may have found the 2nd known Norse site in Newfoundland. This segment features her work in Egypt. The text here is the transcript of the segment, so it's better to just skip the text and watch the segment itself.

    Archaeologist Sarah Parcak uses satellite photos to locate ancient sites and she's finding them -- thousands. 60 Minutes reports on the game-changing method


    She has also created a website where members of the public are invited to find sites in Peru using their own computers, which has resulted in a great many sites being seen for the first time:



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    Amazing technology.
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      That is some cool stuff. Watched a program on this last year on PBS. Amazing what they are finding.
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        Saw the same PBS special & the technology, much of it adapted from military applications, are finding amazing sites throughout Central America as well. Cultures that rivaled the Egyptians, Aztecs & Maya.
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          Thanks for the link Charlie
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